From where does the expression "like shooting fish in a barrel" come?

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2006-06-16 06:46:17 · 2 answers · asked by alluswe 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages

Mentally picture a barrel with fish in it. They are enclosed, and therefore hard to miss. It's a simile for something considered very easy.

2006-06-16 06:49:04 · answer #1 · answered by aboukir200 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋

Okay picture this...

Drunk cowboys with their six shooters standing over a barrel in a fish market

2006-06-16 06:49:49 · answer #2 · answered by freek_final 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋