duck soup

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duck soup

n. Slang

An easily accomplished task or assignment.

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duck soup

slang US something that is easy to do

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duck′ soup′

Slang. something easy to do.

[1910–15]

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duck soup - any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product will be no picnic"

child's play, cinch, piece of cake, pushover, picnic, breeze, walkover, snap

doddle - an easy task

project, task, undertaking, labor - any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings"

duck soup

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Slang. An easily accomplished task:

child's play, cinch, pushover, snap, walkaway, walkover.

Informal: breeze.

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