broken reed
基本解釋
- 不可靠的人
- 壓傷的蘆葦
英漢例句
- He let me down at the last minute and turned out to be a broken reed.
不過我們?nèi)匀挥凶约旱南薅?，超過這個界限，就是虛偽與 背信棄義 。 - I asked him to speak at the meeting，but he did not even attend；what a broken reed !
我讓他在會上發(fā)言，他居然沒來參加。真是個無可信賴的人。 - Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.
看哪，你所倚靠的埃及，是那壓傷的葦仗，人若靠這仗，就必刺透他的手。 埃及王法老向一切倚靠他的人，也是這樣。