Idiom
third string
Meaning
Of a decidedly lower quality or condition.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“This is a third string attempt at fixing the broken chair.”
“The team lost their best players, so they had to rely on third string substitutes to finish the season.”
“The critic dismissed the director's latest film as a third string production that lacked the depth and technical polish of his earlier work.”
Examples
simple
“This is a third string attempt at fixing the broken chair.”
contextual
“The team lost their best players, so they had to rely on third string substitutes to finish the season.”
complex
“The critic dismissed the director's latest film as a third string production that lacked the depth and technical polish of his earlier work.”
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