Idiom
sitting duck
Meaning
An obvious, vulnerable target.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Without a shield, the soldier is a sitting duck.”
“The old computer has no security software, making it a sitting duck for hackers.”
“By leaving his flank exposed on the open battlefield, the commander inadvertently rendered his entire infantry unit a sitting duck for the enemy artillery.”
Examples
simple
“Without a shield, the soldier is a sitting duck.”
contextual
“The old computer has no security software, making it a sitting duck for hackers.”
complex
“By leaving his flank exposed on the open battlefield, the commander inadvertently rendered his entire infantry unit a sitting duck for the enemy artillery.”
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