Idiom
easy pickings
Meaning
Something easily acquired or stolen.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Unlocked bikes in the city are easy pickings for thieves.”
“The company left its security software outdated, making their private data easy pickings for hackers.”
“By failing to fortify their defenses, the small border town became easy pickings for the invading army.”
Examples
simple
“Unlocked bikes in the city are easy pickings for thieves.”
contextual
“The company left its security software outdated, making their private data easy pickings for hackers.”
complex
“By failing to fortify their defenses, the small border town became easy pickings for the invading army.”
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