child's play
English
Etymology
Patterned after German Kinderspiel, French jeu d'enfant, Italian gioco da bambini, Italian gioco da ragazzi.
Pronunciation
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Noun
child's play (uncountable)
- (idiomatic) Something particularly simple or easy.
- Compared to my last job, this is child's play.
- 2015 August 18, Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken and Other Poems: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition), Penguin, →ISBN, OCLC 1155952570, page 51:
- And then he'd crow as if he thought that child's play The only fun he had. I've heard them say, though, They found a way to put a stop to it. He was before my time—I never saw him; But the pen stayed exactly as it was There in the upper chamber in the ell, A sort of catch-all full of attic clutter. […]
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: the play of a child.
Synonyms
- kid stuff
Translations
something particularly simple or easy
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See also
- easy as pie
- piece of cake
- easy peasy