turkey shoot
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8.4
- noun
- /ˈtɜrki ʃut/
- NSFW
:
tiro al pavo
- For the experienced players, this competition will be a turkey shoot since the newcomers have little skill.
Examples
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The debate turned into a turkey shoot when the opponents failed to present any strong arguments.
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It's gonna be a turkey shoot.
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When it was a turkey shoot.
Blog text (13) -
"It was like a turkey shoot."
Fiction book (1999) -
Come on, Skip, it will be a turkey shoot.
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I'm ready for a turkey shoot.
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When Kennedy gets to the kill zone, it's a turkey shoot.
Fiction book (1991) -
This Sunday's game will be a turkey shoot.
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Winning the match was a turkey shoot for the team, as their rivals were unprepared and disorganized.
Antonyms
How Easy
Surface Forms
Morphology
The parts 'turkey' (a bird) and 'shoot' (a shooting session) transparently yield a literal sense of an event in which turkeys are shot, so a B1 learner would likely infer the concrete meaning. However, the frequent figurative use meaning 'an easy contest or easy victory' is a cultural/idiomatic extension not directly predictable from the constituents, so the expression is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Turkey shoot may come from old fair shooting contests where a real turkey or a turkey-shaped target was placed very near the shooter and was easy to hit. Because the shoot was so easy, people began to call any situation that feels like an 'easy win' or needs 'little effort' a 'turkey shoot'.