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
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
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
"A weak sister, huh?" put in Tom Driver.
From The Rider of Golden Bar by White, William Patterson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
