like shooting fish in a barrel
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While this may all sound a bit reactionary or like shooting fish in a barrel, Mungiu wisely complicates matters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
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
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
Mocking the Raiders in recent years has been like shooting fish in a barrel.
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2016
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