Meaning of open goal | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An undefended goal.
2. An opportunity that is readily available.
   figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“Labour missed an “open goal” to beat Theresa May and should not pretend it achieved a famous victory, a former shadow chancellor has said.”

“Reeves, a former Bank of England economist, was presented with an open goal thanks to Kwasi Kwarteng’s badly received mini-budget and she was determined not miss it.”

“But with Germany’s Olaf Scholz and France’s Emmanuel Macron facing red cards at home,[…] Giorgia Meloni – post-fascist poster girl turned star centre-forward of the new right – is shooting at an open goal.”

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