duck soup
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Definition
- Noun:
- An extremely easy task or undertaking: "duck soup" is an informal American English idiom meaning something that is very simple to do or accomplish, requiring little effort or skill.
Usage
- Noun:
- This term is used as a predicate noun, typically following a form of "to be" (is, was, will be) or similar linking verbs.
- It is often used in the construction: "[Task/Activity] is duck soup."
- It carries a casual, conversational tone and is not typically used in formal writing.
Examples
- Noun:
- For a seasoned programmer, fixing that bug was duck soup.
- Don't worry about the exam; if you studied, it'll be duck soup.
- After years of practice, making a perfect omelet is duck soup for her.
Advanced Usage
- "to be duck soup for someone": to be very easy for a particular person due to their skill or experience.
- Advanced calculus is duck soup for the professor, but it's very difficult for the new students.
Variants and Related Words
- A piece of cake (idiom, noun): another common idiom with the same meaning as "duck soup."
- The driving test was a piece of cake.
- Child's play (idiom, noun): something very easy to do.
- Assembling that furniture was child's play with the right tools.
Synonyms
- Breeze (noun, informal): something that is easy to achieve.
- Cinch (noun, informal): something that is very easy or certain.
- Walkover (noun): an easy or one-sided victory; by extension, an easy task.
Antonyms
- Challenge (noun): a task that tests one's abilities.
- Ordeal (noun): a painful or difficult experience.
- Struggle (noun): a forceful effort to get free or to achieve something difficult.
Related Idioms
- Like shooting fish in a barrel: extremely easy, with no challenge involved.
- Winning the match against the inexperienced team was like shooting fish in a barrel.
- Easy as pie / Easy as ABC: very simple and straightforward.
- Using the new software is easy as pie.
Noun
- any undertaking that is easy to do
- marketing this product will be no picnic