it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog
it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog
It is easy to attack (physically or verbally) a vulnerable person or thing. Primarily heard in UK. I know it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog, but you need to stop criticizing your son—he's not being malicious, he's just a child!
See also: beat, dog, easy, find, stick
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- easy to come by
- as easy as taking candy from a baby
- as easy as shooting fish in a barrel
- be easy meat
- easy peasy
- be (as) easy as one-two-three
- easy game
- an easy berth
- easy meat
- be (as) easy as rolling off (of) a log