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Idiom

weak tea

Meaning

Weak or feeble arguments, efforts, or proposals.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“That excuse for being late is just weak tea.”

“The manager's plan to fix the budget was weak tea, so the team asked for something more realistic.”

“His argument for changing the company policy was considered weak tea by the board, who demanded a more rigorous and data-driven proposal.”

Examples

simple

“That excuse for being late is just weak tea.”

contextual

“The manager's plan to fix the budget was weak tea, so the team asked for something more realistic.”

complex

“His argument for changing the company policy was considered weak tea by the board, who demanded a more rigorous and data-driven proposal.”

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