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sitting duck [noun]

someone or something that is very easy for an enemy to shoot or attack

US /ˌsɪt̬.ɪŋ ˈdʌk/ 
UK /ˌsɪt.ɪŋ ˈdʌk/ 
Example: 

With their bullets all gone, the soldiers were sitting ducks for the enemy.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

sitting duck

ˌsitting ˈduck BrE AmE (also ˌsitting ˈtarget) noun [countable]
someone who is easy to attack or easy to cheat:
Out in the open, the soldiers were sitting ducks for enemy fire.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

sitting duck

ˌsitting ˈduck [sitting duck]       (also ˌsitting ˈtarget) noun
a person or thing that is easy to attack 
Example Bank:

Its location makes the island a sitting duck for attackers.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

ˌ sitting ˈ duck

someone or something that is very easy for an enemy to shoot or attack:

With their bullets all gone, the soldiers were sitting ducks for the enemy.

Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

sitting duck

 sitting ducks
 N-COUNT
 If you say that someone is a sitting duck, you mean that they are easy to attack, cheat, or take advantage of. [INFORMAL]
  Nancy knew she'd be a sitting duck when she raised the trap door.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

sitting duck

sitting duck noun, pl ~ ducks [count] : a person or thing that is easy to hit, attack, trick, etc.
• The tourists were sitting ducks for local thieves.