English Dictionary

man of straw

noun

A weak person. / One who is financially irresponsible. / A person put in the front of some business, but who is not really responsible.

He may seem confident, but he's just a man of straw.

意味（1）

A weak person.

When push came to shove he gave in almost immediately, showing that he was a man of straw after all.

意味（2）

One who is financially irresponsible.

意味（3）

A person put in the front of some business, but who is not really responsible.

意味（4）

A tactic used in debates and arguments where a weaker thesis is substituted for the opponent's real proposition, this thesis then being refuted, thereby creating the illusion of winning the argument against the original proposition.