hombre de paja

hombre de paja

figurado front man

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(en política) puppet; (en negocio sucio) front man, straw man (AmE)

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(n.) = straw man, straw figure, frontman

Ex. This has long been known to be a straw man (i.e., an obvious fallacy) to be knocked down.

Ex. The form this 'hypothesis' has come to take is easily dismissed as a straw figure and serious consideration of the relation between language diversity and thinking has largely tumbled with it.

Ex. By the time he made his shameless UN appearance, Powell had already spent almost four decades as a frontman for some of the most vicious and ugly elements in American politics and government.

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(en política) puppet; (en negocio sucio) front man, straw man (AmE)

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(n.) = straw man, straw figure, frontman

Ex: This has long been known to be a straw man (i.e., an obvious fallacy) to be knocked down.

Ex: The form this 'hypothesis' has come to take is easily dismissed as a straw figure and serious consideration of the relation between language diversity and thinking has largely tumbled with it.

Ex: By the time he made his shameless UN appearance, Powell had already spent almost four decades as a frontman for some of the most vicious and ugly elements in American politics and government.

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hombre de paja

fig

puppet