Meaning of sitting duck | Babel Free
Equivalents
Suomi
maalitaulu
Français
cible facile
Magyar
könnyű célpont
Malagasy
tanjona
Português
presa fácil
ไทย
เป้านิ่ง
Examples
“For God's sake, Sergeant, we need to get to cover – we're sitting ducks out here.”
“[Now that the last gay bathhouse has closed] the AIDS Action Committee will no longer have all of those sitting ducks to reach with education”
“Joker: We're sitting ducks out here. I have to try to lose them in the debris field!”
“The soldiers were sitting ducks, sent forth by Russian commanders to act essentially as human cannon fodder in an assault.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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