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Sitting Ducks — is a lithograph created by Michael Bedard in the late 1970s. It depicts a literal interpretation of the idiom sitting duck . Three ducks are relaxing in the sun on white chairs by the poolside, one looks up and notices two bullet holes in the… … Wikipedia
Sitting Ducks — bezeichnet eine Lithografie des Künstlers Michael Bedard aus den späten 1970er Jahren. Das Bild zeigt drei Enten, die auf weißen Stühlen an einem Pool in der Sonne sitzen, eine der Enten bemerkt zwei Einschusslöcher in der Wand hinter ihnen. Dem… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Sitting Ducks (TV series) — Infobox Television show name = Sitting Ducks caption = aka = genre = Children, Animation creator = Michael Bedard (lithographs) writer = director = Walt Kubiak creat director = developer = presenter = starring = Ian James Corlett Dave Ward voices … Wikipedia
List of Sitting Ducks episodes — Sitting Ducks first aired on September 13, 2001cite web | url = http://www.tv.com/sitting ducks/show/19422/episode.html?om act=convert om clk=tabssh tag=tabs;episodes | title = Sitting Ducks | publisher = TV.com | date = | accessdate = 2008 07… … Wikipedia
sitting duck — sitting ducks N COUNT If you say that someone is a sitting duck, you mean that they are easy to attack, cheat, or take advantage of. [INFORMAL] Nancy knew she d be a sitting duck when she raised the trap door. Syn: sitting target … English dictionary
sitting duck — also .sitting target n someone who is easy to attack or easy to cheat ▪ Out in the open, the soldiers were sitting ducks for enemy fire … Dictionary of contemporary English
sitting duck — noun count someone who is in a position in which it is easy for people to trick or attack them: The elderly are often sitting ducks for shady financial deals … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sitting duck — noun a defenseless victim • Syn: ↑easy mark • Hypernyms: ↑victim, ↑dupe * * * noun, pl ⋯ ducks [count] : a person or thing that is easy to hit, attack, trick, etc … Useful english dictionary
sitting duck — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms sitting duck : singular sitting duck plural sitting ducks someone who is in a position in which it is easy for people to trick or attack them The elderly are often sitting ducks for shady financial deals … English dictionary
sitting duck — 1) a non moving target that is easily hit by a hunter The hunter shot the sitting ducks easily and quickly. 2) an unsuspecting person easily fooled as if they are waiting to be attacked The woman was a sitting duck when she sat on the bench with… … Idioms and examples
sitting duck — noun an obvious or unconcealed target For Gods sake, Sergeant, we need to get to cover – were sitting ducks out here. See Also: easy mark, easy target … Wiktionary
