be like taking candy from a baby
slang To be an easy task. If you think that this game will be like taking candy from a baby, you're seriously underestimating your opponents. The security guard isn't at his post, so sneaking out should be like taking candy from a baby. Come on, no one's around, and there are no cameras—shoplifting will be like taking candy from a baby.
like taking candy from a baby
slang An easy task. If you think that this game will be like taking candy from a baby, you're seriously underestimating your opponents. The security guard isn't at his post, so sneaking out should be like taking candy from a baby.
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like taking candy from a baby
and as easy as taking candy from a babyCliché very easy. Getting to the airport was easy. It was like taking candy from a baby.
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like taking candy from a baby
If doing something is like taking candy from a baby, it is very easy. In the end, they won so easily, it was like taking candy from a baby.
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be like taking ˌcandy from a ˈbaby
(also be like shooting ˌfish in a ˈbarrel) used to emphasize how easy it is to do something: I thought it was going to be difficult to get funding for the project, but in the end it was like taking candy from a baby. ♢ What do you mean you can’t do it? It’ll be like shooting fish in a barrel!Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
like taking candy from a baby
Ridiculously easy. This twentieth-century simile, also stated as like stealing candy from a baby, almost invariably refers to accomplishing something that is not quite legitimate.
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