make (something) seem like a picnic

To be so difficult, complicated, or harmful as to make something else that is normally very difficult or negative seem easy, simple, or pleasant by comparison. If we don't act now, the financial crisis waiting for us will make the last recession seem like a picnic.

See also: like, make, picnic, seem

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pull teeth
like pulling teeth
difficult times
be a can of worms
a turn of the screw
be like looking for a needle in a haystack
be like trying to find a needle in a haystack
Doctors make the worst patients.
be man enough for (something)
carry dead weight

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