weak sister

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Fear is a very weak sister and, yes, they really should get rid of those brooding teenagers and maybe Travis too.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2016

Circulationwise it has remained a weak sister in her hands, trailed among Manhattan's afternoon dailies only by Field's P.M.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, once the weak sister of the Coast, has been pulling out of the red under Roosevelt Son-in-Law John Boettiger, will make enough in 1939 to offset 1938's losses.

From Time Magazine Archive

Today, Copland has begun writing music for the people, for as large an audience as possible, "to get rid of the idea that American music is a weak sister."

From Time Magazine Archive

Something he said, too, of a weak sister tottering to its base, only to be followed in its ruin by the speedy prostration of its elder brother.

From The Vicar of Bullhampton by Trollope, Anthony