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candle in the wind

noun

Definitions

  1. A fragile or vulnerable thing, likely to be put in jeopardy.

    • A woman of flame, they had called her. The flame had flickered and died like a candle in the wind--in the restless trade-wind blowing from the Koolau Range.
    • The South Koreans have indeed accomplished an economic miracle in the past three decades but their economy is 'a candle in the wind' […]
    • ... tyranny in Cameroon today is a candle in the wind. Its days, it is hoped, are numbered ...

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