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2021-07-13 11:07
Be a/the poor man's (someone or something) phrase
To be a thing or person that bears similarity to something or someone else, but of lower quality, less successful, or less famous, etc.
Although they said that my phone is the poor's man iPhone X, I love it because I used my hard-earned salary to buy it.
After watching the new Batman movie, I think that the new actor playing Joker is the poor's man Health Ledger.
A favor done in exchange for another favor.
1. Used when you accept something as an exchange in return for something especially as part of a compromise
2. Do something alternately
A player who sits on the bench for the most of the game while waiting to play.
To indicate the second best players who subtitute for the starter in a game.
Used to describe the action of taking someone's position or place.
The origin of this phrase is not clear.
Do you see anything wrong?
If a person has the devil's own luck, he or she has extremely good luck.
A: Yesterday I won a $10 million lottery jackpot and today I won a car in a draw.
B: You have the devil's own luck.
