picnic

be no picnic

1. if a situation or activity is no picnic, it is unpleasant or difficult. Bringing up four children on your own is no picnic, I can tell you.

2. to be difficult or unpleasant. Being a single parent is no picnic.

be one sandwich short of a picnic (humorous, humorous)

if someone is one sandwich short of a picnic, they are stupid or crazy. After talking to him for about 10 minutes I decided he was definitely one sandwich short of a picnic.

See also: sandwich, short

make something seem like a picnic

if a difficult experience makes another experience seem like a picnic, it makes it seem very easy because it is much more difficult. University makes school seem like a picnic.

See also: like