a reed shaken by the wind

a reed shaken by the wind
(a reed shaken by (in или with) the wind)
"тростинка, ветром колеблемая", человек, подверженный различным влияниям, "флюгер" (a reed shaken with the wind [этим. библ. Matthew XI, 7])

Personality should not be like a reed shaken in the wind. It should be stable and erect, standing four-square to all the winds that blow. (A. G. Gardner, ‘Many Furrows’, ‘Ourselves and Others’, Kenk) — Человек не должен быть колеблемой ветром тростинкой. Он должен твердо стоять на ногах, не боясь никаких бурь.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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