be no picnic

be no picnic

To be not an easy task; to be unenjoyable or challenging. I love kids, but watching 20 of them at once is no picnic, believe me! Spending a beautiful Saturday afternoon cleaning out the garage is no picnic.

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it's no picnic

It is not an easy task; it is unenjoyable or challenging. I love kids, but watching 20 of them at once? It's no picnic, believe me! It's no picnic spending a beautiful Saturday afternoon cleaning out the garage.

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be no picnic

INFORMAL

If an experience, job, or activity is no picnic, it is difficult or unpleasant. `Poor little things,' she said of the children. `It's no picnic for them being taken away from their homes.' Being unemployed is no picnic.

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

be no picnic

be difficult or unpleasant. informal

2001 Rant While Cheung looks elegant…in the 25 different versions of the cheongsam dress she wears in the film, moving in the garments was no picnic.

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be no ˈpicnic

(informal) be difficult or unpleasant: Living with someone like her is no picnic, believe me.

See also: no, picnic

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