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broken reed 不可信賴的人[事物]。

broken sleep

Lo , thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed , on egypt ; whereon if a man lean , it will go into his hand , and pierce it : so is pharaoh king of egypt to all that trust in him 賽36 : 6看哪、你所倚靠的埃及、是那壓傷的葦杖、人若靠這杖、就必刺透他的手埃及王法老向一切倚靠他的人、也是這樣。

I think he was a good friend but when i really needed his help he was showing to be a break reed 我以為他是個好朋友,可是當我真的需要他的幫助時,他卻一點也靠不住。

He let me down at the last minute and turned out to be a broken reed 他在緊急關頭拆了我的臺,成了背信棄義的人。