be like a sitting duck

be like a sitting duck

To be totally vulnerable to or unprotected from attack; to be an easy target. I wouldn't leave your car parked here overnight. It will be like a sitting duck in this neighborhood, just waiting to be stolen. We can't go into that area unarmed—we'd be like sitting ducks! There was no one speaking on our behalf at the press conference, so we were like sitting ducks in front of all those tabloid reporters.

See also: duck, like, sitting

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