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duck soup

idiom
Meaning

Something which is easy; a piece of cake.


Examples
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.

Anchors to
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

    loop the loop

    [Cockney slang]soup

  8. 08

    odd duck

    An unusual person, especially one with an idiosyncratic personality or peculiar behavioral characteristics.

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