Definition

1. 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

1. any undertaking that is easy to do
   • marketing this product will be no picnic