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.
See also:
  • 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