knight in shining armor
Americanidiom
Example Sentences
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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
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
Again and again, the message is clear — no dark knight in shining armor or maniac in clown makeup is coming to save any of them.
From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2020
“I think a lot of times people want that Hallmark story where a knight in shining armor comes out and we’re going to save the day,” she said.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2019
And if that wasn’t already the living end, now my knight in shining armor has arrived: Mr. Stinkpot Axelroot.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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