SITTING DUCK


Meaning of SITTING DUCK in English

noun

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

We were like sitting ducks for pickpockets in the city.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Being left in front, Morley Street looked a sitting duck approaching the line but scrambled home.

Raskin was proceeding gingerly, aware that Macintosh was a sitting duck for cancellation.

She was a sitting duck out here all by herself!

This makes the whole colony a sitting duck for a man with a gun.

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