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Sitting Duck

A person or thing that is considered vulnerable, to easily get attacked by something

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 duckAn 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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