The noun phrase straw man, now used as a compound adjective as in 'straw-man device, technique or issue,' was popularized in American culture by 'The Wizard of Oz.'
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I can remember a reporter asking me for a quote, and I didn't know what a quote was. I thought it was some kind of soft drink.
Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.
There is no limit to what a man can do so long as he does not care a straw who gets the credit for it.
Not every man remembers the name of the cow which supplied him with each drop of milk he has drunk.
The Toothbrush mustache was first introduced in Germany by Americans, who turned up with it at the end of the 19th century the way Americans would turn up with ducktails in the 1950s. It was a bit of modern efficiency, an answer to the ornate mustaches of Europe - pop effluvia that fell into the grip of a bad, bad man.
Man is the creature of circumstances.
William F. Buckley was a man who had a great capacity for fun and for amusing himself by amazing others.
A brave man is a man who dares to look the Devil in the face and tell him he is a Devil.
I had been told from school onwards that the best definition of a human being was man the tool-maker - yet I had just watched a chimp tool-maker in action. I remember that day as vividly as if it was yesterday.
Straw purchasing is illegal.