it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog

It is easy to attack (physically or verbally) a vulnerable person or thing. Primarily heard in UK. I know it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog, but you need to stop criticizing your son—he's not being malicious, he's just a child!

See also: beat, dog, easy, find, stick, to

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(as) easy as anything
easy to come by
as easy as taking candy from a baby
as easy as shooting fish in a barrel
stand on principle
be easy meat
child's play, easy as/that's
(as) easy as child's play
easy peasy
be (as) easy as one-two-three

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it escapes (one)
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it figures
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it goes to show
it goes without saying
it happens
it has (one's) name on it
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it is a long lane that has no turning
it is a matter of (doing something)
it is a poor heart that never rejoices
it is a sad heart that never rejoices
it is a wise child that knows its own father
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it is all up with
it is all up with (someone or something)
it is better to be born lucky than rich
it is better to give than to receive
it is better to have loved and lost (than never to have loved at all)
it is better to travel hopefully than to arrive
It is better to wear out than to rust out
it is easier to tear down than to build up
It is easy to be wise after the event
it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog
it is high time
it is high time that
it is more blessed to give than to receive
it is never too late
it is never too late to learn
it is never too late to mend
it is never too late to repent
it is not work that kills, but worry
It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back
it is the pace that kills
it is what it is
it isn't as if/as though
it isn't as though
it isn't even funny
it isn't funny
it isn't my, his, etc. thing
it isn't over till the fat lady sings
it isn't over till/until the fat lady sings
it isn't over until the fat lady sings
it isn't the whistle that pulls the train
it isn't worth it
it isn't worth the trouble
it makes no odds
it me
it never entered (one's) head
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it is dropping like a stone
it is dropping the hammer
it is drunk as a biled owl
it is drunk as a boiled owl
it is drunk as a cunt
it is drunk as a fiddler's bitch
it is drunk as a hoot owl
it is drunk as a peach orchard sow
it is drunk as a piper
it is drunk as a sow
it is drunk as a wheelbarrow
it is drunk as an owl
it is drunk as Chloe
it is drunk as David's sow
it is duck soup
it is dumb as a bag of hammers
it is dumb as a doorknob
it is dumb as a doornail
it is dumb as a rock
it is dumb as a sack of hammers
it is dumb as an ox
it is dumber than a bag of hammers
it is dumber than a sack of hammers
it is dumber'n a sack of hammers
it is early days
it is early days yet
It is easier to tear down than to build up
It is easier to tear down than to build up.
it is easy as cake
It is easy to be wise after the event
it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog
it is eaten alive
it is either a feast or a famine
it is either feast or famine
it is either for all the marbles
it is empty as a pauper's purse
it is ends in themselves
it is English as apple pie
it is etc high time
it is etc high time
it is etc high time
it is etc high time
it is faced with
it is faced with it
it is faced with something
it is faced with that
it is faced with this
it is falling between the cracks
it is falling like a stone
it is fat as a house
it is feast or famine
it is fed up
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it is feeling like the wrath of God
it is fertile as a turtle
it is finding another gear
it is fine as frog hair
it is fine as frog hair split four ways
it is fine as frog's hair
it is fine as frog's hair split four ways
it is finished
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