sitting duck в PONS речника

Преводи за sitting duck в английски»български речника

sitting duck СЪЩ s.

sitting duck → sitting target

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sitting target СЪЩ

sitting target

лесна плячка

Преводи за sitting duck в английски»български речника

I.sit <sat, sat> [sɪt] ГЛАГ нпрх

1. sit (be in seated position):

sit

седя

sit! (to dog)

седни!

2. sit ИСК:

sit

позирам

to sit for a portrait

позирам за портрет

3. sit (enter exam):

sit

явявам се

4. sit разг (babysit):

to sit for sb

гледам децата на нкг

5. sit:

sit (perch)

кацвам

sit (incubate eggs)

мътя

6. sit:

sit (be placed)

намирам се

sit (rest unmoved)

стоя

the books sit on the shelf

книгите са на полицата

7. sit (be in session):

sit

заседавам

8. sit ПОЛИТ (be in office):

to sit in parliament

член съм на парламента

9. sit (fit):

to sit well/badly

подхождам/не подхождам

10. sit (be agreeable):

the idea doesn't sit well with any of them

никой от тях не харесва тази идея

Phrases:

to sit at sb's feet

възхищавам се на нкг

to sit on the fence

избягвам да взема решение

to be sitting pretty

в изгодно положение съм

to sit tight (not move)

стоя мирно

to sit tight (not change opinion)

не променям мнението си

II.sit <sat, sat> [sɪt] ГЛАГ прх

1. sit (put on seat):

sit

поставям

2. sit Brit (take exam):

to sit an exam

явявам се на изпит

sitting [ˈsɪtɪŋ, Am ˈsɪt̬-] СЪЩ (session)

sitting

заседание ср

sitting for meal

смяна f

duck¹ [dʌk] СЪЩ Brit разг

duck

симпатяга м

I.duck² [dʌk] СЪЩ

1. duck (bird):

duck

патица f

2. duck СПОРТ:

duck

нулев резултат

to be out for a duck

удар с нулев резултат (крикет)

Phrases:

to take to sth like a duck to water разг

чувствам се като риба във вода

II.duck² [dʌk] ГЛАГ нпрх

1. duck (dip head):

duck

гмуркам се

2. duck (go under water):

duck

потапям се

3. duck (hide):

duck

скривам се

to duck out of sth

измъквам се от нщ

III.duck² [dʌk] ГЛАГ прх

1. duck (lower suddenly):

to duck one's head

навеждам си главата бързо

to duck one's head under water

потапям си главата под водата

2. duck (avoid):

duck

избягвам

duck прен

отбягвам

to duck an issue

отбягвам някаква тема

едноезични примери (не са проверени от PONS редакцията)

английски

She is a sitting duck to predators and the weather, so keep her safe and sound and leave her be.

www.telegraph.co.uk

If you don't have security controls in place, you are a sitting duck.

knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu

During the landings he was tasked with setting up a first aid post on the beach but soon realised he would be a sitting duck.

www.dailymail.co.uk

They just walk straight through into the port and then when the lorries are backed up you are a sitting duck.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Failure to secure a fixed rate can leave a company as a sitting duck if exchange rates go against it.

www.cityam.com

Burns was glued to the crease, a veritable sitting duck.

www.theroar.com.au

He has a choice between remaining a sitting duck or switching to a new game plan.

www.smh.com.au

That's 4.5 days when it won't be a sitting duck for egg predators, and when it can escape from extremes of temperature or drought.

blogs.discovermagazine.com

With the exception of the gained damage reduction and increased armor class, an aboleth out of water is a sitting duck.

en.wikipedia.org

And most certainly one's partisanship can make one either a sitting duck or an intimidating adversary.

www.lfpress.com