Example 1:
Jin Young: How was
your trip last weekend?
Dori: Not so good.
Someone broke into my car and stole my bags!
Jin Young: Oh no! What
happened?
Dori: Well, I was
driving to my hotel, but somehow I got lost. I was in a bad neighborhood, I
didn't know how to get around, and my cell phone had no service so I couldn't
use my map!
Jin Young: Wow, it
sounds like you would be an easy target for a robber.
Dori: Yeah, and then,
my car broke down in the middle of the street! I was a sitting duck.
When I got out of the car to try to fix it, the burglar took my bags from my
backseat. It was so easy for him!
Example 2:
During the war, the
two armies fought each other by firing weapons across an open field. One night,
a soldier started sleepwalking toward the middle of the field. When the sun
rose, he was a sitting duck, sitting alone with no weapons
in the field!
Meaning: Something
that is easy to attack; someone unprotected and vulnerable
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