a poor man's

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a poor man's somebody/something

someone or something that is similar to a well-known person or thing but is not as good He was only ever a mediocre singer - they used to call him 'the poor man's Frank Sinatra'. 'So what did you think of the film?' 'It was just a poor man's 'Pulp Fiction'.'

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We had to put up with the antics of ex councillor Michael Michael playing to the audience like a poor man's Marlon Brando in the Godfather. McEvoy is to be praised; VIEWPOINTS by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) With teams of such calibre in the pot, it is hardly the case that the UEFA Cup is a poor man's alternative to the Champions League this year. AC head hopefuls list; VILLA NEWS by Birmingham Mail (England) Byline: DEREK McGOVERN OFF the pitch Robbie Fowler has a reputation as a poor man's Duke Of Westminster for his property market prowess. RESULT!: PLACE YER BET ON LANDLORD by The Mirror (London, England)			a pen pusher a penchant for a penny for your thoughts A penny saved is a penny earned a pep talk a pick-me-up a piece of cake a piece of the action a piece of the pie a pied-à-terre a pig in a poke a pillar of strength a pink slip a pipe dream a piss-artist a piss-up a pit stop a pitched battle a place to call own a plain Jane a play on words a poacher turned gamekeeper a poison-pen letter a poisoned chalice a political football a poor man's a poor relation a port of call a powder keg a price on head a prima donna a prime mover a priori a prophet of doom a pub crawl a put-up job a Pyrrhic victory a quantum leap a queer fish a question mark over a quick fix a quick one a quick study a quid pro quo a race against the clock a race against time a race against time clock a rake-off a rap across the knuckles a rap sheet a rat fink			a piss-up a pit stop a pitched battle A Place Called Home A Place For Everything, And Everything In Its Place A Place for Mom A Place for My Head A Place to Bury Strangers a place to call own A Place to Remember a plain Jane a play on words A play upon words A Pleasant Shade of Gray A Pleasing Interface A Pleasurable Headache A Plus a poacher turned gamekeeper A Pocono Country Place A Poil La Strasse A point a poison-pen letter a poisoned chalice a political football a poor man's a poor relation a pop a pop a pop a port of call A Portable EMACS Library a portent of things to come A positive A positive blood A positive blood A positive blood A Positive Image A Posix Environment a posteriori a posteriori a posteriori A Posteriori (album) A Posteriori (album) A Posteriori (album) A posteriori distribution A posteriori probability A posteriori probability A Posteriori Probability Fast Hadamard Transform A Posteriori Wiener Filtering a powder keg A power A power supply A Powered-Down System Transmits No Data Packets A Practical Approach to a Durable Result A Practical Approach to a Durable Result

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