- easy mark
- n. a likely victim.□ Martin looks like an easy mark, but he’s really quite savvy.□ Mary is an easy mark because she is so unsuspecting.
Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.
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easy mark — {n.} A foolishly generous person; one from whom it is easy to get money. * /Bill is known to all the neighborhood beggars as an easy mark./ See: SOFT TOUCH … Dictionary of American idioms
easy mark — {n.} A foolishly generous person; one from whom it is easy to get money. * /Bill is known to all the neighborhood beggars as an easy mark./ See: SOFT TOUCH … Dictionary of American idioms
easy\ mark — noun A foolishly generous person; one from whom it is easy to get money. Bill is known to all the neighborhood beggars as an easy mark. See: soft touch … Словарь американских идиом
easy mark — Someone or something easily cheated. ► “The company had acquired a reputation as an easy mark in the claims business.” (Business Marketing, Feb. 1994, p. 34) … American business jargon
easy mark — Synonyms and related words: babe, boob, butt, chump, cinch, credulous person, cull, dupe, easy pickings, fall guy, fish, fool, gobe mouches, greener, greenhorn, greeny, gudgeon, gull, innocent, leadpipe cinch, mark, monkey, patsy, pigeon,… … Moby Thesaurus
easy mark — noun a) someone who is easily fooled or victimised b) an easy target Syn: easy target, sitting duck … Wiktionary
easy mark — eas′y mark′ n. cvb one who is easily deceived or tricked • Etymology: 1895–1900 … From formal English to slang
Easy mark — (criminal) easily duped victim of a confidence trick … Dictionary of Australian slang
easy mark — Australian Slang (criminal) easily duped victim of a confidence trick … English dialects glossary
easy mark — n. gullible person, person who is easily deceived … English contemporary dictionary
