candy (redirected from candying)

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, like, taking

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be like a kid in a candy store  (American & Australian)

to be very happy and excited about the things around you, and often to react to them in a way which is silly and not controlled You should have seen him when they arrived. He was like a kid in a candy store.

See also: kid, like, store

be like taking candy from a baby  (American informal) also be as easy as taking candy from a baby (American informal)

to be very easy Beating them was the easiest thing in the world - it was like taking candy from a baby.

See also: baby, like, taking

eye/mind candy  (mainly American)

something that is intended to be pleasant to look at but has no real meaning A lot of these books are little more than eye candy: cute photos with one-line captions and that's about all.

See be like taking candy from a baby

See also: eye

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like taking candy from a baby

extremely easy Selling my mother something I made is like taking candy from a baby - she can't say no.

See also: baby, like, taking