easy pickings

easy pickings
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.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • pickings — [[t]pɪ̱kɪŋz[/t]] N PLURAL: usu supp N You can refer to the money that can be made easily in a particular place or area of activity as the pickings. Traditional hiding places are easy pickings for experienced burglars... Other rich pickings,… …   English dictionary

  • easy — I. adjective (easier; est) Etymology: Middle English esy, from Anglo French eisé, aasié, past participle of eiser, aaisier to ease, from a ad (from Latin ad ) + eise ease Date: 13th century 1. a. causing or involving little difficulty or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • easy — /ˈizi / (say eezee) adjective (easier, easiest) 1. not difficult; requiring no great labour or effort: easy to read; an easy victory. 2. free from pain, discomfort, worry, or care: he has an easy conscience now; easy in one s mind. 3. conducive… …  

  • pickings — noun plural Date: 1642 something that is picked or picked up: as a. gleanable or eatable fragments ; scraps b. yield or return for effort expended < easy pickings > < slim pickings > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • pickings — noun (plural) informal rich /easy pickings money or profits that you can get easily: There were rich pickings to be had if you played the stock market …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • pickings — UK [ˈpɪkɪŋz] / US noun [plural] informal money or things that are available to be taken rich/easy pickings (= good things that you get very easily) …   English dictionary

  • easy mark — Synonyms and related words: babe, boob, butt, chump, cinch, credulous person, cull, dupe, easy pickings, fall guy, fish, fool, gobe mouches, greener, greenhorn, greeny, gudgeon, gull, innocent, leadpipe cinch, mark, monkey, patsy, pigeon,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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