Usage examples of "sitting duck" in English with translation to Spanish

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If we stay here, we'll be sitting ducks. Si seguimos aquí seremos blancos fáciles.
It is duck soup for a girl of easy virtue to find a new man. Es fácil para una chica de dudosa moral encontrar un nuevo hombre.
She is sitting on the bench. Ella está sentada en el banco.
It looks like a duck. Luce como un pato.
He was sitting on a bench. Él estaba sentado en una banca.
The cow goes "moo," the rooster goes "cock-a-doodle-doo," the pig goes "oink, oink," the duck goes "quack, quack" and the cat goes "meow." La vaca hace "mu", el gallo hace "quiquiriquí", el cerdo hace "oinc, oinc", el pato hace "cua, cua" y el gato hace "miau".
I'll be sitting here while he's singing. Me quedaré aquí sentado mientras él canta.
Can you tell a duck from a goose? ¿Sabes diferenciar un pato de un ganso?
He is sitting on the chair. Él está sentado en la silla.
Where is the rubber duck? ¿Dónde está el patito de hule?
Who's the person sitting at the other end of the table? ¿Quién es la persona sentada en la otra esquina de la mesa?
My son's rubber duck is yellow. El patito de hule de mi hijo es amarillo.
He was sitting on a bench with his eyes closed. Estaba sentado en una banca con los ojos cerrados.
He's sitting at an empty table. Él está sentado en una mesa vacía.
The paint on the seat on which you are sitting is still wet. La pintura del asiento en donde te estás sentando aún no está seca.
I was sitting while smoking a pipe. Yo estaba sentado mientras fumaba en pipa.
"Oh, boy..." Al-Sayib sighed. "Well, how much do you need? I've got about 10 grand just sitting in my offshore account." —Oh, tío... —suspiró Al-Sayib— Bueno, ¿cuánto necesitas? Tengo unos diez mil guardados en una cuenta de un paraíso fiscal.
All of the children are sitting. Todos los niños están sentados.
An older man was sitting on the bench. Un hombre mayor estaba sentado en el banco.
Tom likes sitting on the beach in the early morning. A Tom le gusta sentarse en la playa temprano por la mañana.
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