a broken reed的意思

汉语翻译

例句：

1. In her intemperate husband, Mrs Fang has a broken reed.有了一个酗酒的丈夫，方太太依靠无人。
2. He let me down at the last minute and turned out to be a broken reed.他在紧急关头拆了我的台，成了背信弃义的人。