shark bait
(humorous) One who has been, or is likely to be, attacked by a shark.
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(humorous) One who has been, or is likely to be, attacked by a shark.
I usually tried to cheer Pete up; this time he was dragging me down with him into his bottomless depths of despair. I simply could not accept the general newsroom consensus that Ryan was shark bait.
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(humorous, idiomatic) One who is in a precarious or vulnerable position.
Holden's heart was loud enough to deafen him. He couldn't go against a mage of the power. No one could, no one could ever survive. One word and he was shark-bait.
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