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Idioms used to indicate that something is very easy to do.
| Language | Idiom |
|---|---|
| Belarusian | Проще пареной репы
(Prošče parenoj repy) simpler than a stewed turnip |
| Bulgarian | Фасулска работа! Лесна работа!
(Fasulska rabota! Lesna rabota!) - A bean job! An easy job! Като детска игра! (Kato detska igra!) - As a child's game! |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 易如反掌 (yì rú fǎnzhǎng) as easy as turning your hand over |
| Croatian | Dječja igra - Child's play, Prosto k'o pekmez - Simple as jam |
| Czech | jednoduché jako facka /
snadné jak facka - as easy as a slap snadná věc, zívačka, brnkačka |
| Danish | Så nemt som at klø sig i nakken - as easy as scratching one's neck |
| Dutch | Kinderspel - child's play |
| English | as easy as pie / ABC / 123 / falling off a log / shooting fish in a barrel / taking candy from a baby; a piece of cake, no sweat |
| French | un jeu d'enfant - child's play (faire qch) les doigts dans le nez - (as easy as sticking your) fingers in the nose ce n'est pas sorcier - it's not sorcery |
| German | kinderleicht / ein Kinderspiel - child's play |
| Greek | Εἶναι παιχνιδάκι (Íne pehnidáki) |
| Hebrew | (Be'eynaaim kshurot) בעיניים
קשורות with eyes tied - blindfolded, as in "I can do it blindfolded" easy peasy - (Bekalley kalloot) בקלי קלות |
| Hungarian | gyerekjáték / pihekönnyű - child's play / featherlight |
| Indonesian | semudah membalikkan telapak tangan - as easy as turning your palm around |
| Irish (Gaelic) | chomh héasca lena bhfaca tú riamh - as easy as you've never seen |
| Italian | facile come bere un bicchier d'acqua /
è un gioco da ragazzi as easy as drinking a glass of water / it's a kid's game |
| Japanese | 朝めし前 (asameshi mae) before breakfast - something that's so easy, you could finish it before breakfast. |
| Korean | 누워서 떡먹기 (nuwoseo tdeokmeokki) -
lying on one's back and eating rice cakes 식은죽 먹기 (sigeunjuk meokki) - eating cool rice gruel |
| Latvian | Viegli kā atņemt bērnam konfekti - as easy as taking a candy from a child Bērnu spēlīte - kids game Kā divi reiz divi - like two times two |
| Lithuanian | Paprasta kaip du kart du - it's as easy as two times two |
| Persian (Farsi) | (be asaniye ab khurdan) به آسانی آب خوردن |
| Polish | To jest jak dwa razy dwa. - it's like two times two Małe piwo - small beer Bułka z masłem - "bread roll and butter" = a piece of cake |
| Portuguese | É canja - it's chicken soup |
| Romanian | floare la ureche - flower at your ear |
| Russian | Ёжику понятно
(Ëžiku ponjatno) - Understandable to a hedgehog Проще пареной репы (Prošče parenoj repy) - Simplier than a stewed turnip Это как дважды два (Eto kak dvaždy dva) - It's as easy as two times two Проще простого (Prošče prostogo) - Simpler than simple |
| Slovenian | mala malica - small meal |
| Spanish | tan fácil como 1-2-3 - as easy as 123 |
| Swedish | Lätt som en plätt - as easy as a small pancake |
| Welsh | mor hawddd â thynnu llaw dros wyneb - as easy as pulling a hand across the face cyn hawsed â dim - as easy as anything mor hawdd ag anadlu - as easy as breathing |
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