As easy as falling off a log

Idioms used to indicate that something is very easy to do.

Language	Phrase
Belarusian	Проще пареной репы (Prošče parenoj repy) simpler than a stewed turnip
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 falling off a log, as easy as pie / ABC / 123, a piece of cake, no sweat
French	les doigts dans le nez fingers in the nose - as easy as sticking your fingers in your nose
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
Lithuanian	Paprasta kaip du kart du it's as easy as two times two
Polish	To jest jak dwa razy dwa. - It's like two times two Małe piwo - Small beer Bułka i masłem - Bread roll and butter
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

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Links

English idioms
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A711190
http://www.geocities.com/denimania/den/sayings.html

French idioms
http://www.one.under.btinternet.co.uk/list.html

German idioms
http://german.about.com/library/blidioms_start.htm

Spanish idioms
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Thebes/6177/idioms.htm
http://spanish.about.com/od/idiomsandphrases/

Idiomau Cymraeg / Welsh idioms
http://www.madog.org/dysgwyr/gramadeg/gramadeg3.html

Dictionary of idioms in Japanese, English and Russian
http://www.yamtro.sitehotel.ru

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