Etymology:
- Obviously for a duck hunter any duck that is sitting in still posture is an easy prey then to attack the duck which is flying. It is to infer that later in the 20th century the phrase “sitting duck” was meant to refer any person who could be cheated very easily who was marked as an easy or soft target to someone who intended to do any harm.
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The mother asked her child to be careful and avoid being a sitting duck as it was his first day in the class.
Submitted on February 25, 2019
Additional definitions for 'Sitting Duck':
| sitting duck | An obvious or unconcealed target. |
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بطة جالسة
sitzende Ente
sidanta anaso
Pato sentado
istuva ankka
lacha ina suí
sedens anatis
Сидящая утка
sittande anka
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