Английский словарь американских идиом - clay pigeon
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Clay pigeon
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./
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(clay pigeons) Clay pigeons are discs of baked clay which are thrown into the air by a machine as targets for gun shooting practice. ...hunting and clay-pigeon shooting. N-COUNT: usu N n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Date: 1888 a saucer-shaped target usually made of baked clay or limestone and pitch and thrown from a trap in skeet and trapshooting ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. спорт. тарелочка для стрельбы clay-pigeon shooting —- стрельба по тарелочкам 2. человек, которого легко обмануть или обидеть 3. сл. легкая задача; плевое дело 4. воен. жарг. катапультируемый самолет ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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