sitting duck

These user-created lists contain the word ‘sitting duck’.

• POL - cool collocations (Adj+Noun)

  strident criticism, devolved approach, lax control, serious misgivings, incessant negotia..., fundamental task, controversial plan, fierce criticism, lengthy consultation, public confidence, central point, final push and 183 more...

• POL - executive

  Terms used for and by entities with executive power

  forge a coalition..., head of state, head of government, public administra..., beef up the infor..., devolution, streamline state ..., back out of sg, break a pledge, excoriate, executive committee, implement the agr... and 99 more...

• EN - cool expressions

  Trendy, funny or highly descriptive collocations

  overstep the mark, open a big can of..., bad hair day, the icing on the ..., low-hanging fruit, ripple effect, big cheese, tackle an issue h..., root-and-branch r..., throw good money ..., open Pandora's box, place on the back... and 147 more...

• easy

  creasy, over easy, free-and-easy, greasy, speakeasy, take it easy, weasy, lope, leisurely, wing chair, uncomplicated, luminous and 38 more...

• Is it morning yet?

  coterie, lexeme, counterbalance, forthright, pigtail, ponytail, french-braid, barrette, listless, counsel, sitting duck, dead duck and 268 more...

• that's just beastly!

  cat-o-nine-tails, snake in the grass, puppy love, white elephant, crocodile tears, monkey business, keep the wolf fro..., culture vulture, black sheep of th..., scapegoat, ugly duckling, swan song and 260 more...

• Special Beasts

  I'm looking for compounds or phrases where the character of an animal is essential to the meaning, yet the term is usable in general conversation.

  scapegoat, bull market, sacred cow, bear market, hangdog, cat o' nine tails, clothes horse, mousey, donkey drop, black sheep, horseplay, ducks and drakes and 94 more...

• Noah's Park

  Hello, and Welcome™! Come and visit our most diverse land of our Animalesque™ adventures. Here at Noah's Park™ we have Virtually All You'd Ever Want To See™. An experience that is related to ani...

  sheep's eyes, doe-eyed, cat-eyed, bug-eyed, cat's paw, black swan, leapfrog, menagerie, cold turkey, card shark, snail's pace, bull's eye and 362 more...

• Wirds of a Feather

  Phrases and figures of speech in which birds are featured. Or feathers. Or such like.

  a little bird tol..., to have an albatr..., birds of a feathe..., in the catbird seat, cold turkey, to cook one's goose, don't count your ..., to have one's duc..., to eat crow, a feather in one'..., for the birds, flip the bird and 122 more...

• Animalia Wordia

  Words or short phrases with animal names in them. Since I already have a dedicated list for 'monkey' words I shall leave them out of this one for the moment.

  paper tiger, pigeon-hearted, lion-hearted, sacred cow, chicken heart, fraidy cat, scaredy-cat, snake oil, can of worms, snake pit, rat's nest, stool pigeon and 114 more...

• Duped

  Those who are easily duped.

  cully, cull, gudgeon, gull, gull-gallant, chouse, geck, chump, fall guy, mark, fool, mug and 39 more...

• Fanciful Beasts

  sun dog, hot dog, dust bunny, shutter dog, spelling bee, cash cow, jailbird, copycat, paper tiger, sewing bee, charley horse, high horse and 47 more...