United were easy meat in the semifinal on Wednesday.
The elderly living alone are an easy mark for con-men.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
easy meat — easy meat, easy game or easy mark noun A person or thing that is easy to beat, fool, persuade, hit, destroy, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑easy easy meat see under ↑easy • • • Main Entry: ↑meat * * * easy meat … Useful english dictionary
easy meat — ► easy meat informal a person who is easily overcome or outwitted. Main Entry: ↑meat … English terms dictionary
make easy meat of — (something/someone) British & Australian, informal be easy meat someone or something that is easy meat is easy to beat, criticize, or trick. Our team made easy meat of them in the final … New idioms dictionary
easy meat — n a. a person who is easy to seduce or take advantage of b. something easy to achieve or acquire. The phrase has been in currency since the 1920s … Contemporary slang
easy meat — informal a person that is easily overcome or outwitted. → meat … English new terms dictionary
make easy meat of something — make easy meat of (something/someone) British & Australian, informal be easy meat someone or something that is easy meat is easy to beat, criticize, or trick. Our team made easy meat of them in the final … New idioms dictionary
make easy meat of someone — make easy meat of (something/someone) British & Australian, informal be easy meat someone or something that is easy meat is easy to beat, criticize, or trick. Our team made easy meat of them in the final … New idioms dictionary
meat — W3S2 [mi:t] n [: Old English; Origin: mete food ] 1.) [U and C] the flesh of animals and birds eaten as food ▪ I gave up eating meat a few months ago. ▪ raw meat ▪ a meat pie ▪ a selection of cold meats red meat (=a … Dictionary of contemporary English
meat — ► NOUN 1) the flesh of an animal as food. 2) the main substance or chief part: let s get to the meat of the matter. ● easy meat Cf. ↑easy meat ● one man s meat is another man s poison Cf. ↑one man s meat is another man s … English terms dictionary
easy game — easy meat, easy game or easy mark noun A person or thing that is easy to beat, fool, persuade, hit, destroy, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑easy … Useful english dictionary
