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duck soup


Something which is easy; a piece of cake.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.


SIMPLE

Fixing this broken chair is duck soup for me.

CONTEXTUAL

I practiced the piano for weeks, so the final performance was duck soup.

COMPLEX

Given his extensive background in mathematics, solving the complex equation proved to be duck soup for the professor.


Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    all duck or no dinner

    All or nothing.

  2. 02

    break one's duck

    To do something for the first time.

  3. 03

    dead duck

    One who is in serious danger or trouble.

  4. 04

    duck down

    To crouch in order to hide or protect oneself.

  5. 05

    duck off

    To lie low; to hide.

  6. 06

    duck out

    To depart quickly or exit abruptly, especially in a manner which does not attract notice and before a meeting, event, etc. has concluded.

  7. 07

    ducked off

    Lying low; hidden.

  8. 08

    ducks and drakes

    The squandering of resources, especially money; used in expressions such as "to make ducks and drakes of", "to play (at) ducks and drakes with".

Last updated August 10, 2026