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*easy as A, B, C and *easy as falling off a log; *easy as rolling off a log; *easy as (apple) pie; *easy as duck soup

very easy. (*Also: as ~.) If you use a cake mix, baking a cake is easy as A, B, C. Mountain climbing is as easy as pie. Finding your way to the shopping center is easy as duck soup. Getting out of jail was easy as rolling off a log.

See also: easy

like a bump on a log

Fig. completely inert. (Derogatory.) Don't just sit there like a bump on a log; give me a hand! You can never tell what Julia thinks of something; she just stands there like a bump on a log.

See also: bump, like

log someone for something 

1. to schedule someone for something. I am going to log you for sentry duty on the weekends. We will have to log Bill for service as a parking attendant.

2. to make a note in a log about someone's bad behavior. The captain logged the first mate for the navigation error. I will have to log you for that.

log someone off and log someone out

[for someone] to cause someone to exit from a computer system. (This exit may be recorded, or logged, automatically in the computer's memory.) Mary had to rush off to an appointment, so I logged her off.

log someone on (to something)

to allow someone to link (electronically) to a computer system. (This action may be recorded, or logged, automatically in the computer's memory.) I will log you on to the system if you forgot how to do it. I will log on Jill, who is late.

log something up

to record an amount of something. The ship logged many nautical miles up on its last voyage. It logged up a lot of miles.

See also: up

log off and log out

to record one's exit from a computer system. (This action may be recorded, or logged, automatically in the computer's memory.) I closed my files and logged off. What time did you log out?

log on

to begin to use a computer system, as by entering a password, etc. (This action may be recorded, or logged, automatically in the computer's memory.) What time did you log on to the system this morning? I always log on before I get my first cup of coffee.

sleep like a log and sleep like a baby

to sleep very soundly. Everyone in our family sleeps like a log, so no one heard the thunderstorm in the middle of the night. Nothing can wake me up. I usually sleep like a baby.

See also: like, sleep

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be as easy as falling off a log  (British, American & Australian) also be as easy as rolling off a log (American)

to be very easy She said writing stories was as easy as falling off a log for her.

See also: easy, fall

like a bump on a log  (American informal)

if someone sits or stands somewhere like a bump on a log, they do not react in a useful or helpful way to the activities happening around them Don't just sit there like a bump on a log, come and help us!

See also: bump, like

sleep like a log/top

to sleep very well I don't know if it had anything to do with the wine we drank but I slept like a log.

See also: like, sleep

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(as) easy as A, B, C See: (as) easy as pie

See also: easy

(as) easy as falling off a log See: (as) easy as pie

See also: easy, fall

log off also log out

to stop using a computer system When the file transfer is complete, you can log off the Web and launch your print program.

log on also log in

to open a computer system so that it can be used As a graduate student, Erin often logged on to the system from home around midnight. Internet companies are trying to help business travelers log in while they're on the road.

sleep like a log

to sleep very well With a full stomach and a warm blanket, I slept like a log.

See also: like, sleep