easy targets
Low-hanging fruit
Easy targets are people or things vulnerable to attack, criticism, or exploitation—requiring little effort to harm or take advantage of.
The phrase often carries implicit criticism of those who go after such targets rather than worthier opponents: Bullies always pick easy targets.
Politicians and corporations make easy targets for comedians.
In military or gaming contexts, easy targets are objectives with weak defenses.
- scapegoatsThose blamed for others
- cannon fodderTroops treated as disposable
- victimsThose who suffer harm
- lamb to slaughterOne unknowingly facing destruction
- preyAnimal being hunted
defenseless · marks · vulnerable · low hanging fruit · exploitable · helpless · bullied · punching bag · sitting ducks · marginalized · open season · unprotected · soft spot · Achilles' heel · impressionable · ostracized · pushover · pawns
easy targetsmoving targets
Objectives that keep changing
armed resistance · fortified positions · tough nuts to crack · apex predators · fortresses
easy targetsstretch goals
Additional targets beyond minimums
impossible dreams · pipe dreams · long shots · uphill battles · tall orders
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