This week's theme: expressions coined after the names of birds. clay pigeon (klay PIJ-uhn) noun
Someone in a situation vulnerable to be taken advantage of. [After a piece of baked clay, called a clay pigeon, thrown into the air as a flying target in shooting practice.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=clay+pigeon -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "[Scott Layden] is a clay pigeon in a media-intensive situation in which he's blamed for an approach that was carved in stone long before he arrived." Mark Heisler; Garden Party Lights Go Out; Los Angeles Times; Feb 7, 2003. Sponsored by: Law School and Med School in a Box: All the prestige for a fraction of the price: http://www.mentalfloss.com/store Subscribe to any of the French, German, Italian or Spanish Champs-Elysees Audio Magazines and get an extra issue free: http://web.champs-elysees.com/wsmith8 ............................................................................ What I stand for is what I stand on. -Wendell Berry, farmer, author (1934- ) Send your comments to (words AT wordsmith.org). To unsubscribe, update address send gift subscription, etc., visit http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/clay_pigeon.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/clay_pigeon.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/clay_pigeon.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
