easy pickings

plural noun

: things that are easy to get

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After that was out of the way, SLIME and DOLL were easy pickings. Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024 The checks are easy pickings for thieves, defense lawyers have told the Daily News. John Annese, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2024 Like The White Lotus except if the whole thing took place at the hotel restaurant, The Menu finds its cast of characters — much of them rich and status-chasing — to be easy pickings for satirizing. Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2023 Infected shrimp typically become sluggish and spend more time exposed in the open marsh, easy pickings for hungry birds. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 7 Sep. 2023 In contrast, clones are easy pickings for a parasite. Joann C Gutin, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019 Those waters also provide an abundance of easy pickings for amateur hunters. Gina Errico, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023 Our ancestors simply took advantage of the deceased as easy pickings—at least during earlier stages of our evolution. Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2023 But those many decades living without predators ruined their flight response, and the horses became easy pickings for mountain lions and other predators. Ryan Fonsecastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2022

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“Easy pickings.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/easy%20pickings. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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