tower of strength

tower of strength
a tower of strength
Fig. a person who can always be depended on to provide support and encouragement, especially in times of trouble. •

Mary was a tower of strength when Jean was in the hospital. She looked after her whole family.

Jack was a tower of strength during the time that his father was unemployed.

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{n. phr.} Someone who is strong, helpful, and sympathetic, and can always be relied on in times of trouble. * /John was a veritable tower of strength to our family while my father was in the war and my mother lay ill in the hospital./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • tower\ of\ strength — n. phr. Someone who is strong, helpful, and sympathetic, and can always be relied on in times of trouble. John was a veritable tower of strength to our family while my father was in the war and my mother lay ill in the hospital …   Словарь американских идиом

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