turkey shoot

Meanings:

1.
American EnglishGlobal Englishinformalcolloquial
- A situation in which one side has an overwhelming advantage and can defeat opponents with little risk, resulting in an extremely one-sided victory.
- A scenario in which targets are so exposed or helpless that they can be defeated with ease; a massacre of easy targets.
2.
American Englishneutralliteral
- A shooting contest in which live or clay turkeys (historically live birds) are shot as targets, typically held as a sport or fairground event.

Examples:

EN: I won it in a turkey shoot. - Ah.
ES: Lo gané en un concurso.
EN: Well, there's a beef and turkey shoot coming up. You must've heard about it.
ES: Van a celebrar un concurso de tiro en la comarca.
EN: This ain't no turkey shoot.
ES: Esto no es una cacería.
EN: You know what feels to be a turkey in a turkey shoot.
ES: Ahora sabes lo que es ser un pavo en una caceria de pavos.
EN: I'm their bait for a fine ambush— a turkey shoot.
ES: Soy su cebo para una buena emboscada... será un tiro al blanco.
EN: I remember once, when he was only a youngster... thirteen, fourteen, somewhere around there... down on old Jay Haley's ranch on the Carson River... he won a turkey shoot!
ES: Recuerdo una vez, cuando tan solo era un jovencito... de trece o catorce años, en algún sitio por ahí... abajo del rancho del viejo Jay Haley junto al río Carson... ¡ganó una competición de tiro!
EN: Never lost at a turkey shoot.
ES: Nunca he errado en una cacería de pavos.
EN: There's about enough left for a turkey shoot.
ES: Hay suficiente para matar a un pavo,
EN: Here's where the turkey shoot begins!
ES: ¡Aquí es donde empieza la partida de caza!
EN: Man, this is a turkey shoot.
ES: Esto es como tirarle a los patos.
EN: If they get them flying, they'll have a turkey shoot with our bombers.
ES: Si los hacen volar, nuestros bombarderos serán cosa de tiro al plato para ellos.
EN: Looks like you fellas are getting ready for some kind of a turkey shoot.
ES: ¿Parece que se están preparando para algo importante?
EN: Ready for the turkey shoot?
ES: ¿Listo para el disparo?
EN: Mary Ann, the turkey shoot's about to begin.
ES: Mary Ann, el tiro al pavo está a punto de empezar.
EN: Ace federal agent melvin purvis... has turned the debacle at little bohemia into a gang-smasher's turkey shoot.
ES: El agente federal de élite Melvin Purvis... ha convertido la debacle de Little Bohemia en un tiro al pato de gángsters.
EN: I won it in a turkey shoot. - Ah.
ES: Lo gané en un concurso.
EN: Well, there's a beef and turkey shoot coming up. You must've heard about it.
ES: Van a celebrar un concurso de tiro en la comarca.
EN: This ain't no turkey shoot.
ES: Esto no es una cacería.

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