broken reed
broken reed · broken reeds
Something or someone very fragile or unreliableSomething or someone very fragile or unreliable.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)Something or someone very fragile or unreliable.
Origin
From broken + reed (with reference to the quotation in 1611, see below).From broken + reed (with reference to the quotation in 1611, see below).
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Forms
plural: broken reeds| Singular | broken reed |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedslender reed