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sitting target, sitting duck

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  • sitting duck — sitting ducks N COUNT If you say that someone is a sitting duck, you mean that they are easy to attack, cheat, or take advantage of. [INFORMAL] Nancy knew she d be a sitting duck when she raised the trap door. Syn: sitting target …   English dictionary

  • sitting duck — A sitting duck is something or someone that is easy to criticise or target …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • sitting duck — also .sitting target n someone who is easy to attack or easy to cheat ▪ Out in the open, the soldiers were sitting ducks for enemy fire …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • sitting duck — ☆ sitting duck n. Informal a person or thing especially vulnerable to attack; easy target …   English World dictionary

  • sitting duck —    A sitting duck is something or someone that is easy to criticise or target.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    To refer to someone as a sitting duck means that they are an easy target to criticize, attack, etc.     The young actress was a …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • sitting duck — noun a defenseless victim • Syn: ↑easy mark • Hypernyms: ↑victim, ↑dupe * * * noun, pl ⋯ ducks [count] : a person or thing that is easy to hit, attack, trick, etc …   Useful english dictionary

  • sitting duck — n. easy target a sitting duck for * * * [ˌsɪtɪŋ dʌk] [ easy target ] a sitting duck for …   Combinatory dictionary

  • sitting duck — n. someone who waits unsuspectingly for doom or destiny; an easy target for something bad. □ Get out of the way! You’re a sitting duck. □ The guy was a sitting duck for a mugging …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • sitting duck — 1) a non moving target that is easily hit by a hunter The hunter shot the sitting ducks easily and quickly. 2) an unsuspecting person easily fooled as if they are waiting to be attacked The woman was a sitting duck when she sat on the bench with… …   Idioms and examples

  • sitting duck — a helpless or easy target or victim: a sitting duck for shady financial schemes. [1940 45] * * * …   Universalium

  • Sitting duck —   A sitting duck is something or someone that is easy to criticise or target …   Dictionary of English idioms

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