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
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
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, once the weak sister of the Coast, has been pulling out of the red under Roosevelt Son-in-Law John Boettiger, will make enough in 1939 to offset 1938's losses.
From Time Magazine Archive
Circulationwise it has remained a weak sister in her hands, trailed among Manhattan's afternoon dailies only by Field's P.M.
From Time Magazine Archive
"But there might be some nicer gentleman just as wealthy, might there not?" suggested the weak sister.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 86, February, 1875 by Various
