Idiom
second string
Meaning
Not as good; of a lower quality or condition.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“This is just my second string racket for practice.”
“The team had to use their second string players because the starters were injured.”
“The director relegated the talented actor to a second string role, much to the disappointment of the critics.”
Examples
simple
“This is just my second string racket for practice.”
contextual
“The team had to use their second string players because the starters were injured.”
complex
“The director relegated the talented actor to a second string role, much to the disappointment of the critics.”
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