live ones
Targets for scammers
Live ones are people with money to spend, especially marks or customers seen as easy targets.
A carnival barker spots live ones in the crowd.
A salesman perks up when live ones walk in.
The phrase treats people as prey—profitable because they're naive, flush, or both: Finally, some live ones—these tourists look ready to buy.
- animatedFull of life, or drawn moving
- full of lifeEnergetic and animated
- energeticHaving much vigor
- gamblerOne who bets
- high rollersThose who wager lavishly
big spenders · vivacious · prospect · real deal · vibrant · spirited · customer · dupes · enthusiastic · eager beavers · player · dynamic · target · fresh meat · participant · contender · suckers · client
live onesdead ends
Routes with no exit
lost causes · tire kickers · no-shows · duds · non-starters
live onesduds
Clothes or failures
blanks · dummy rounds · practice rounds · props · replicas
live, one, lives, lived, living, lively, livelihood, alive, outlive