easy pickings

easy pickings

1. People who are easy to persuade or influence. The freshmen are so terrified of us seniors that they're easy pickings and will definitely do whatever we say.
2. Things that are easy to obtain, often through theft. It's just easy pickings when people leave their jewelry out in their hotel rooms.
See also: easy, picking
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

easy pickings

[of things] easy to get or steal; [of people] easy to get or persuade. The pickpockets found lots of easy pickings at the state fair.
See also: easy, picking
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • easy game
  • easy meat
  • as easy as taking candy from a baby
  • as easy as shooting fish in a barrel
  • easy peasy
  • be (as) easy as one-two-three
  • an easy berth
  • easy to come by
  • it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog
  • be (as) easy as rolling off (of) a log
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And the injection of some youthful Caley Jags talent means Fort William can by no means any longer be seen as easy pickings.
"To ask the question all over again would be a gross betrayal of our democracy" The Prime Minister rejecting calls for a second Brexit referendum, and proclaiming that she would not allow herself to be pushed around by the EU "Without further action, millions continue to find that there is too much month at the end of their money and so they are easy pickings for Britain's legal loan sharks" Labour MP Stella Creasy "The hundreds of millions they spend on films now I find essentially immoral" Actress Kathleen Turner "The lot" Actor Martin Clunes on what he most dislikes about his appearance
'We are not taking anything for granted because these are tough courses,' skipper Jeric Hechanova said as Marapara (Negros Occidental Golf and Country Club) and Binitin (Bacolod Country Club) will be no easy pickings for the talented Championship Division field.
But his second 50 required only 41 balls, with most of his last 20 runs being easy pickings off future team-mate Scott Borthwick.
All too often opportunist criminals or organised groups target large crowds, and there can be easy pickings for them when people are out to enjoy themselves."
A trip to Rochdale was never going to provide easy pickings, as demonstrated by Danny Yates' opening try for the Hornets.
I'm really struggling to see the Vikings getting much out of Wednesday's visit to Wigan; and a fired-up Leeds team is hardly likely to offer easy pickings after a short turnaround next Sunday either.
Easy PICKINGs from the poor driver who has accidentally TAKEN a wrong turning.
They're not dangerous sections of road, just easy pickings for the cameras.
After easy pickings in the first week when she dropped just 11 (http://www.reuters.com/sectors/industries/overview?industryCode=199&lc=int_mb_1001) games , defeat ended Williams's win streak at 34 matches and it was only her fourth loss in the last 76.
Of Saldivia (41-2) he added: "He's no easy pickings. He's no walkover and is going to be very tough."
First MWS client was Flintshire dairy farmer John Bletcher, of Ewloe, who said: "With many manufacturers now installing Datatag in new equipment, I worry that older machinery will be targeted by thieves as easy pickings."
A TAUNTON novice hurdle would usually be easy pickings for a Cheltenham Festival hopeful, so it was a little unfortunate for connections two appeared in the same race as Urbain De Sivola and Ifyouletmefinish dead-heated.
There, bird eggs are easy pickings for the bears, says Paul Smith, an Arctic bird expert.
Here bird eggs are easy pickings, says Paul Smith, a biologist at Carleton University in Canada.