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From broken + reed (with reference to the quotation in 1611, see below).
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broken reed
Today it means: Something or someone very fragile or unreliable. Full definition →
Today it means: Something or someone very fragile or unreliable. Full definition →
From broken + reed (with reference to the quotation in 1611, see below).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.