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a sitting duck sitting duckSomething that is unprotected and vulnerable to an easy attack. When my car broke down in a bad neighborhood, I felt like a sitting duck, just waiting to get robbed. We can't go into that area unarmed, we'd be sitting ducks!See also: duck, sittinga sitting duck If someone is a sitting duck, they are in a situation where it is very easy to attack them or criticize them. A pilot performing this manoeuvre would be a sitting duck for a second enemy aircraft. Note: You can also use sitting-duck before a noun. When the planes reach the sitting-duck warships, the harbour is rocked by a series of huge explosions. Note: A duck is an easy target for hunters when it is sitting on the water or on the ground. See also: duck, sittinga ˌsitting ˈduck/ˈtarget a person or thing that is very easy to attack or criticize: It’s always easy to criticize teachers; they’re just sitting ducks.See also: duck, sitting, targetsitting duck, aAn easy target. This expression clearly alludes to the ease with which a hunter can shoot a duck that is sitting still, in contrast to one in flight. It was transferred to other enterprises in the first half of the twentieth century.See also: sitting |