sitting duck Meaning & Definition

  • En [ ˌsɪt.ɪŋ ˈdʌk]
  • Us [ ˌsɪt̬.ɪŋ ˈdʌk]

Meaning of sitting duck In English

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Examples of sitting duck

  • The reason he is a sitting duck is that the insurance that he carries is compulsory.

  • We know that any helicopter that flies in is a sitting duck for any artillery on the hillsides.

  • I fear that we are becoming a sitting duck.

  • That would turn our crowded island into a sitting duck.

  • The pinchpenny local authorities regard education as a sitting duck.

  • The helicopter is a sitting duck unless we already have air superiority.

  • The area will be a sitting duck for another congestion zone.

  • Therefore, in a sense, the industry is a sitting duck for the fainthearted, for the politically expedient and for the vested interest.

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