a man of straw
基本解释
- 稻草人
- 假想敌
英汉例句
- A man of straw is worth of a woman of gold.
稻草男人抵得上金玉女子。 - If the defendant be a man of straw who is to pay the costs sir?
假若被告是个傀儡，那么谁来支付这些费用呢，先生？ - It was a wonderful show, the waiter recalled—a man of straw, a man of tin.
演出可精彩啦，侍者回忆道，稻草人，铁皮人。 - In short, the prime minister seems intent on throwing his personal authority behind an attempt to demolish a man of straw.
ECONOMIST: Smothering the euro debate The - The presidential election there was a farce: Mr Rakhimov bullied what was left of the independent media, then won a two-man fight against a straw candidate who happened to be his own minister of forestry.
ECONOMIST: Devolution is not always good for democracy