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
MahlahMAH-lə (English), MAY-lə (English)Biblical
MikulÁŠ-Slovak, Czech
Arwyn-Welsh
DuarteDWARTPortuguese
Fadi-Arabic
GernotGER-nawt (German)German, Ancient Germanic