child's play

/'tʃaildz'plei/
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Definition
  1. Noun:
    • An activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules: This meaning refers to the imaginative, unstructured play typical of young children.
    • Any undertaking that is easy to do: This figurative meaning describes a task or activity that is very simple and requires little effort.
Usage Examples

  • Noun (Imaginative Activity):

    • Building a fort out of blankets is pure child's play.
    • The teacher encouraged child's play as essential for development.

  • Noun (Easy Undertaking):

    • For an experienced programmer, fixing that bug was child's play.
    • After running a marathon, a 5k race feels like child's play.
Advanced Usage
  • "to be/be considered child's play": Used to emphasize that something is extremely easy compared to something else.
    • Advanced calculus is difficult, but basic algebra is child's play by comparison.
Variants and Related Words
  • Play (n): The general activity of engaging in recreation or amusement.
  • Childlike (adj): Having the good qualities, such as innocence, associated with a child.
  • Plaything (n): A toy.
Synonyms
  • A piece of cake: Something very easy to do.
  • A walk in the park: An activity that is very easy and pleasant.
  • Simple: Easily understood or done; presenting little difficulty.
Related Idioms
  • "It's no child's play": Used to emphasize that a task is serious or difficult, directly contrasting with the idiom's usual meaning.
    • Managing a team of fifty people is no child's play.
Noun
  1. activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
    • Freud believed in the utility of play to a small child
  2. any undertaking that is easy to do
    • marketing this product will be no picnic

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