to be an easy target
to be in a vulnerable position to be attacked
The fact that she had no backup plan in case she got caught made her a sitting duck.
If you are going to attempt corporate espionage, you better have a way of getting out, else you will become a sitting duck.
His arguments were so weak and just made him a sitting duck to the judge’s inquisitions.
Mary’s inability to think on her feet makes her a sitting duck most times when she is up for panel review.
I hate to feel like a sitting duck in any situation.
The captain failed to prepare his team for a counter attack and this made them sitting ducks as the enemy bore down on them.
There is no origin for this idiom
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