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• s  lacking will power or resolution
  the role of the dissenter is not for the weak-kneed

• In typical From fashion, the DLC blasted what he views as the Kumbaya wing of the Democratic Party for being weak-kneed on defense.
• He'll stand up to fellow democrats but get all weak-kneed just at the thought of offending the republicans.
• With this overture, the Bush team embraced the very approach it had once mocked as weak-kneed and "Clintonesque.

News & Articles

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• After five centuries, Paris Tour St-Jacques opens to public
  By Natalie Huet PARIS (Reuters) - It's not for the short of breath or weak-kneed, but the dizzying 360-degree vista of Paris from the Tour Saint-Jacques is one of the best-kept secrets of the French capital. For one good reason: this flamboyant 16th-century Gothic tower, historically a stop on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain, has been closed to the public for most of its ...
  July 5, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Orrin Hatch in Jakarta Globe
  If we want China to play by the rules and stop manipulating the yuan, then this administration has to stop putting out weak-kneed reports,said Republican Senator Orrin Hatch, calling Geithner's report "laughable."
• Peter Hoekstra in FOXNews
  They just don't get it,Hoekstra wrote in his fundraising letter. "But then again, these are the same weak-kneed liberals who have recently tried to bring Guantanamo Bay terrorists right here to Michigan!"
• Jackie Kelly in Bendigo Advertiser
  I think it's going to buoy a few of the weak-kneed, but I've always had huge confidence in John Howard to really bring the Australian people with us on this one,Ms Kelly told reporters.