CLAY PIGEON

[͵kleıʹpıdʒın]

{n.}, {slang}, {informal} 1. A popular target at practice shooting made of clay and roughly resembling a pigeon; an easy target that doesn't move. * /All he can shoot is a clay pigeon./ 2. A person who, like a clay pigeon in target practice, is immobilized or is in a sensitive position and is therefore easily criticized or otherwise victimized. * /Poor Joe is a clay pigeon./ 3. A task easily accomplished like shooting an immobile clay pigeon. * /The math exam was a clay pigeon./

{n.}, {slang}, {informal} 1. A popular target at practice shooting made of clay and roughly resembling a pigeon; an easy target that doesn't move. * /All he can shoot is a clay pigeon./ 2. A person who, like a clay pigeon in target practice, is immobilized or is in a sensitive position and is therefore easily criticized or otherwise victimized. * /Poor Joe is a clay pigeon./ 3. A task easily accomplished like shooting an immobile clay pigeon. * /The math exam was a clay pigeon./

clay pigeon
[͵kleıʹpıdʒın] 1. спорт. тарелочка для стрельбы
clay-pigeon shooting - стрельба по тарелочкам
2. человек, которого легко обмануть или обидеть
3. сл. лёгкая задача; плёвое дело
4. воен. жарг. катапультируемый самолёт

сущ. 1) спорт. тарелочка (мишень для стрельбы) - clay-pigeon shooting Syn: bird 2) сл. а) человек, которого легко обмануть или обидеть; беззащитный человек б) легкая задача, плевое дело

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