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knight in shining armor

Idioms

A rescuer or defender, as in What this political party needs is a knight in shining armor to change its tarnished image. This metaphoric expression alludes to a medieval knight. [Mid-1900s]

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knight in shining armor

Kiffin is, and always will be, a total blight on USC football, so why make him out to be this knight in shining armor?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2023

While fighting a fire-breathing dragon, the prince falls in love with a handsome knight in shining armor.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 27, 2020

Forget the handsome knight in shining armor protecting the weak of chivalric myth.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2019

The franchise, just 20 years old at the time, needed a knight in shining armor to save it – just as the Mariners had a few years earlier.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 15, 2018

Mom smirks at him with the confidence of a lady who long ago figured out how to do things without a knight in shining armor to save her.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

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