"If it turns out that this agreement relies on a weak reed, we haven't achieved anything."

But the fact is, our Jill is a fairly weak reed.

Stafford had seen what she had seen, but he was a weak reed.

The E911 Document was also proving a weak reed.

He seemed to be a weak reed, but he wanted to be her reed.

You certainly were not depending entirely on one weak reed named Kettrick.

"I am a weak reed," he told Lord Beric.

In our present market-driven culture, this may be a weak reed to rely on, but it is the only hope.

Otto von Bismarck simply thought that the prince was a "weak reed - with his fear of death".

And in any case, the drugs are a weak reed to lean on.