| 单词 | shooting fish in a barrel |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(to be like) shooting fish in a barrel (to be like) shooting fish in a barrel and variants: used to describe something accomplished without difficulty, esp. by taking advantage of easy targets. Cf. like taking candy from a baby at candy n.2 Phrases 2. ΚΠ 1902 Pittsburg Press 23 Feb. 6/4 ‘Just as simple as shooting fish in a barrel,’ said the lucky winner. 1903 Anaconda (Montana) Standard 8 Feb. It was as easy as shootin' fish in a barrel w'en once youse got used to it. 1941 C. Brackett & B. Wilder Ball of Fire (film script) 138 Perhaps it wasn't quite worthy of you to choose us as the subjects of your demonstration. Eight pushovers. Like shooting fish in a barrel. 2011 Sunday Express (Nexis) 20 Feb. (Features section) 73 ‘It was like shooting fish in a barrel,’ he said ruefully of the regular drugs busts he once performed in Washington Square Park. < as lemmas |
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