turkey shoot



turkey shoot

A fight or competition that is one-sided because one combatant or competitor is far superior to the other. Primarily heard in US. What some predicted to be a long, arduous war ended up being a turkey shoot because the smaller country lacked adequate troops and firepower.
See also: shoot, turkey

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ImogeneIM-ə-jeenEnglish
Yente-Yiddish
DagmarDAHK-mahr (German), DAHG-mahr (Finnish)Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, German, Czech, Slovak, Finnish
Keiran-English (Rare)
Nathanielnə-THAN-ee-əl (English), nə-THAN-yəl (English)English, Biblical
Laima-Lithuanian, Latvian, Baltic Mythology