sitting target

I'm not gonna be a sitting target.
Ici, je suis une cible facile.
If you don't get that repair finished, we'll be a sitting target.
Si vous ne finissez pas, on sera pris pour cible.
There's our sitting target.
La voilà, notre cible assise.
The reclassification of disadvantaged regions, excluding the criterion of employment, makes a sitting target of the Commission, which appears to be taking decisions solely on the basis of technocratic criteria, such as soil composition.
Le reclassement des régions défavorisées en excluant le critère de l’emploi constitue un objectif facile pour la Commission, qui semble prendre ses décisions sur la base de critères technocratiques uniquement, tels que la composition du sol.
If the order pronounced against her stalker in the Netherlands does not relocate with her to Spain, she and her children, too, will become a sitting target there, unless the Spanish authorities recognise or enforce the same order.
Si la décision prononcée à l'encontre de son poursuivant aux Pays-Bas n'est pas valable en Espagne, elle et ses enfants seront une cible facile là-bas, à moins que les autorités espagnoles ne reconnaissent ou n'exécutent cette décision.
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