slender reed

Noun

idiomatic

(idiomatic) A person, fact, or resource on which one can rely only to a limited extent.

Japanese Meaning

限定的にしか頼ることができない人や事柄、または資源。つまり、信頼や依拠が非常に僅かな対象を指す表現。

Faced with mounting losses, the small startup's last hope was a slender reed.

損失が増える中で、その小さなスタートアップの最後の希望はもろい頼りだった。

Sense（1）

(idiomatic) A person, fact, or resource on which one can rely only to a limited extent.

It was perfectly natural for you to think that a lad of eighteen was a slender reed to lean on in the time of trouble and danger.

slender reeds

（ plural ）