cross hairs
noun/ˈkrɒs heəz/
/ˈkrɔːs herz/
(British English) (North American English crosshairs)
[plural]Idioms - a pair of very thin wires in the shape of a cross that you see when you look through a gunsight, microscope, etc.
- I raised the rifle and got the deer in the cross hairs.
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Idioms
(caught) in the cross hairs
- in a situation in which you are the target or victim of somebody's anger, violence or blame
- In the fight over immigration, it's kids who are really getting caught in the cross hairs.
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