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Choose the correct meaning of the underlined idiom : The bank will not accept the guarantee of ' a man of straw '

Choose the correct meaning of the underlined idiom : The bank will not accept the guarantee of ' a man of straw ' Correct Answer A man of no substance

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The back will not accept the guarantee of a man of straw. the underlined phrase means.
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‘He is a man of straw' Here `man of straw' means-
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