Definition
An obvious, vulnerable target.
In Context
- "For God's sake, Sergeant, we need to get to cover – we're sitting ducks out here."
- "[Now that the last gay bathhouse has closed] the AIDS Action Committee will no longer have all of those sitting ducks to reach with education"
- "Joker: We're sitting ducks out here. I have to try to lose them in the debris field!"
- "The soldiers were sitting ducks, sent forth by Russian commanders to act essentially as human cannon fodder in an assault."
See Also
- blood in the water
- dead duck
- easy mark
- easy target
- lame duck