knight in shining armor

American

idiom

someone viewed as a heroic rescuer (sometimes ironically or to emphasize idealization).

knight in shining armor More 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

“I thought I was being her knight in shining armor coming to her rescue,” he said.

From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2021

Her knight in shining armor with a wrench was plumber Troy Watts, one of the most popular faces in the pipe-burst, water-drenched, ceiling-collapsed metropolis of Houston.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2021

One of the main reasons was they had their knight in shining armor ready for the next election.

From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2018

And with that, my eight-year-old knight in shining armor rode off.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

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