Definition
To enter into a confrontation or other challenging situation without being adequately equipped or prepared.
In Context
- "Isn't that just like a wop? Brings a knife to a gun fight."
- "That is why one should never bring a knife to a gunfight, a worm should not challenge Godzilla, and a chump should never box a boxer."
- "[W]e can shoot down missiles. . . . Our Kingfisher sonars can detect mines. . . . Our ships are hardened against chemical and biological weapons. But how do you stop a torpedo? . . . The best engineers in the business agree that nearly every class of torpedo currently being deployed has the capacity to sink one of our ships with a single shot. . . . [W]e are the poor bastards that brought a knife to a gunfight."