Definition
A fragile or vulnerable thing, likely to be put in jeopardy.
In Context
- "A woman of flame, they had called her. The flame had flickered and died like a candle in the wind--in the restless trade-wind blowing from the Koolau Range."
- "The South Koreans have indeed accomplished an economic miracle in the past three decades but their economy is 'a candle in the wind' […]"
- "... tyranny in Cameroon today is a candle in the wind. Its days, it is hoped, are numbered ..."
- "There are a good number of people who feel that the girl child's life in India is a 'candle' in the wind which flickers for a moment to be extinguished for ever."
- "Sometimes around here, it seems like hope is a candle in the wind."
- "Ethiopia is a candle in the wind, the winds of war and fate […]"