sitting duck | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Anobvious,vulnerabletarget.For God's sake, Sergeant, we need to get to cover – we'resitting ducksout here.1989February 5, Christopher Wittke, “Bye Bye Bathhouse”, inGay Community News, volume16, number29, page16:[Now that the last gay bathhouse has closed] the AIDS Action Committee will no longer have all of thosesitting ducksto reach with education2010,BioWare,Mass Effect 2(Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts,→OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2:Joker: We'resitting ducksout here. I have to try to lose them in the debris field!2023February 13, Andrew E. Kramer, “‘Our Losses Were Gigantic’: Life in a Sacrificial Russian Assault Wave”, inThe New York Times‎[1],→ISSN:The soldiers weresitting ducks, sent forth by Russian commanders to act essentially as human cannon fodder in an assault.

Examples:

EN: I'm sick of wallowing about here like a sitting duck.
ES: Estoy enfermo de flotar aquí, quisiera volver a puerto.
EN: Decoy, eh? Sort of sitting duck.
ES: Seré como pato de muestra.
EN: These Lantzes will turn every type of plane we have into a sitting duck.
ES: Esos Lantzes convertirán nuestros cazas en indefensos patos.
EN: I didn't know I was being stalked... that for a moment I was a bull's eye, a sitting duck.
ES: No sabía que me acechaban, que por un momento fui una presa fácil.
EN: Right now, he's a sitting duck up there in that pen. He's rubbing elbows with a guy that does anything I say.
ES: En este momento que está metido en ese lugar... se está codeando con un tipo que hace exactamente lo que yo digo.
EN: Flew the other plane to Savannah, left it on the field like a sitting duck, then picked up this one.
ES: Llevé el otro avión a Savannah. Lo dejé aparcado y me traje este otro.
EN: There happens to be a sitting duck right in my car.
ES: Lo tengo en el auto y es presa fácil.
EN: Makes you a sitting duck for the cops.
ES: Para la policía eres como un pato sentado fácil de alcanzar.
EN: With all that gas, she'd be a sitting duck.
ES: Con toda esa gasolina, sería un blanco fácil.
EN: Can't shoot." "I'm really a sitting duck."
ES: Soy un blanco perfecto.
EN: Or I could stay here and keep on being a sitting duck.
ES: - 0 podría quedarme aquí y seguir siendo un blanco fácil.
EN: No, Dave's no sitting duck.
ES: No, Dave no es tonto.
EN: If we're lucky, we oughta have a sitting duck.
ES: Con suerte, será un blanco fácil.
EN: Bishop will be like a sitting duck, to you.
ES: Bishop será como un pato sentado para tí.
EN: We're a sitting duck if they pick us up.
ES: Si nos ven, seremos presa fácil.

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