like shooting fish in a barrel
Example Sentences
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It’s not quite like shooting fish in a barrel, but for some anglers and hunters, new technology that makes their targets easier to find, track, catch or kill is a troubling step in that direction.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Finding a revolutionary artist during cocktail hour at the opening gala of Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s new David Geffen Galleries was like shooting fish in a barrel.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Floyd has to be able to catch enough birds to sustain his dietary needs, Moore says, and suspects that catching them is like shooting fish in a barrel given the thousands of birds there.
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026
The rest of the first period was like shooting fish in a barrel.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 14, 2023
At this point, sending up the plain-spoken virility of Ernest Hemingway — perhaps the most parodied of all American writers — may indeed be like shooting fish in a barrel.
From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2019
