weak sister
Example Sentences
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Fear is a very weak sister and, yes, they really should get rid of those brooding teenagers and maybe Travis too.
From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2016
Today, Copland has begun writing music for the people, for as large an audience as possible, "to get rid of the idea that American music is a weak sister."
From Time Magazine Archive
Started two years ago to give the fast-growing News-Free Press a run for its money, the evening Times remained a weak sister.
From Time Magazine Archive
Someone suggested that he could buy the down-at-the-heels New York Yankees, weak sister of the American League, for $450,000.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was all kinds of a fool; let a few slick ones seduce him with fizz-water and oysters on the half-shell—that’s the kind of a weak sister he was.
From Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West by Garland, Hamlin
