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Julia Huong
2021-12-23 09:12
Easy pickings phrase informal slang
People who are easy to influence or convince.
My younger brother is so terrified of my dad that he is easy pickings and will definitely do whatever he says.
The police said Jane was easy pickings, so she was deceived both in love and in money.
Used to describe things that are easy to get or steal.
To my mother, finding a new cell phone bargain was easy pickings.
Something easy or pleasant to do, especially by comparison to something
Especially easy
To compel someone to do something
To help or convince someone to begin thinking reasonably (about something).
Used to indicate that something is easy to achieve, it is also easy to lose
This expression originated in the late 16th century, when thieves and "pickpockets" would identify and target people and locations they believed would be easy to steal from.
Do you see anything wrong?
Someone who is totally bad at doing something.
Mary really can't sing for toffee.
