like taking candy from a baby

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.

See also: baby, candy, like, taking

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.

See also: baby, candy, like, taking

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2024 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.

like taking candy from a baby

 and as easy as taking candy from a baby

Cliché very easy. Getting to the airport was easy. It was like taking candy from a baby.

See also: baby, candy, like, taking

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

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.

See also: baby, candy, like, taking

Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012

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.

See also: baby, candy, like, taking

The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer Copyright © 2013 by Christine Ammer