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child's play

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child's play (chldz)
n.
1. Something very easy to do.
2. A trivial matter.

child's play
n
Informal something that is easy to do
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.child's play - any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product will be no picnic"
doddle - an easy task
project, task, undertaking, labor - any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings"
2.child's play - activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules; "Freud believed in the utility of play to a small child"
diversion, recreation - an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation"
house - play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults; "the children were playing house"
doctor - children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office; "the children explored each other's bodies by playing the game of doctor"
fireman - play in which children pretend to put out a fire
Translations
child's play [ˈtʃaɪldzˌpleɪ] n it's child's playè un gioco da ragazzi, è una cosa da nulla
child's play [ˈtʃaɪldzˌpleɪ] n it's child's playè un gioco da ragazzi, è una cosa da nulla


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During the day I was pitted against first men and then beasts, but as I was armed with a long-sword and always outclassed my adversary in agility and generally in strength as well, it proved but child's play to me.
These submerged side blows are so often received in the fishery, that they are accounted mere child's play.
Come, cheer up, old man; there's no use in losing your grip and going back to this child's play merely because this big sunspot is drifting across your shiny new disk.
 
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