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Meanings of broken reed in английском

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Usage of broken reed in английском
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It is a broken reed, and your fall will be forever fatal.
Trumps
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H.C. was a very broken reed to trust to on such occasions.
The Argosy, Vol. 51, No. 6, June, 1891
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One who saw crime as a science, or merely a broken reed?
Waysiders, Stories of Connacht
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Facebook Twitter Pinterest 'To Cummings the Treasury is a broken reed.
The Guardian
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McElroy heard its dull impact, and the husky crumpled like a broken reed.
The Maid of the Whispering Hills
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I beseech your lordships to be merciful to a broken reed.
An Essay on the Trial By Jury
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I am a broken reed with no ambition to lean upon.
For Gold or Soul? The Story of a Great Department Store
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But see whether this famous knight prove not a broken reed.
The Knight of the Golden Melice: A Historical Romance
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Pharaoh, king of Egypt, is as weak as a broken reed.
The Children's Bible
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A mother's leanin's is the soul's deceivin's,-andyer leanin' on a broken reed.
Tales of Trail and Town
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The boasted finality was a broken reed; the life-boat of compromise a hopeless wreck.
Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01
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No; a leader is apt to prove a broken reed.
Shallow Soil
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But this Protector of the Poor proved a broken reed.
The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies
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I beseech your lordships be merciful to a broken reed.
English Literature for Boys and Girls
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Being in love is like leaning on a broken reed.
Anthropology of an american girl: a novel
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I'm a broken reed for any one to lean on.
Big Game: A Story for Girls
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