easy pickings

"The pier juts out to sea and so when the tides come in and out it forces the fish around the very tip of it, kind of trapping them, and these dolphins will use those tides to get some easy pickings for a meal," she said.

Only after the ensuing mêlée had left his potential opponents “weary, disarrayed and disorganised” would Philip then sweep in with his knights and subdue the easy pickings.

The race has been notable in recent weeks as Schiff has sought to elevate Garvey’s standing, seeing him as easy pickings in the general election.

The little caenagnathids would have been easy pickings for adolescent tyrannosaurs honing their hunting skills.

Another frustrating loss to Baltimore followed Sunday, and then an equally frustrating loss to Kansas City punctuated by a walkoff squeeze bunt — perhaps more so when put in the context of a Royals team headed for 110 losses that should have been easy pickings.