easy-peasy
being simple and easy
TRANSLATION
easy-peasy = kinderleicht (woerterbuch.info) --- GOOGLE INDEX easy-peasy: approximately 700,000 hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
It's nice sometimes to return to the simple things in life, to remind yourself that complication is often unnecessary - like this EASY-PEASY chicken and pasta salad.
(The Guardian)
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"Anyone who tells you that corporate restructuring is EASY-PEASY has never run a business."
- John Peace, CEO of British retail conglomerate GUS
(The Guardian)
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"Anyone who tells you that corporate restructuring is EASY-PEASY has never run a business."
- John Peace, CEO of British retail conglomerate GUS
Did you
know?
easy-peasy
adjective (informal)
- very easy
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
Easy-peasy is a children's expression that refers to something that is very easy to do. The Urban Dictionary, among other sources, says that it originated as part of the phrase "easy-peasy, lemon squeezy." It's not clear if the "lemon squeezy" part of the expression really means anything or whether it's used simply because it rhymes.
Easy-peasy is sometimes used with other nonsense endings like "easy-peasy Japanesey" or "easy peasy pudding pie." Which brings us to a similar expression "easy as pie." This refers to something that is easy to do or accomplish (That exam was as easy as pie.). Most sources state that "easy as pie" is an American expression from the late 19th century, but the exact reference is unknown. Pies are not particularly easy to make, unless you have the requisite experience. But they are fairly easy to eat.
And while we are on the subject of baking, if something is easy to do you can also say that it's "a piece of cake" or a "cakewalk." Both of these expressions stem from a 19th century public entertainment among African Americans in which walkers performing the most accomplished or amusing steps won cakes as prizes. As this was considered a relatively easy competition, cakewalk became synonymous with an easy task.
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SYNONYMS
a piece of cake, a cakewalk, like stealing candy from a baby, as easy as falling off a log, it's child's play, it's kid's stuff, like shooting fish in a barrel, as simple as ABC, as simple as 123, as easy as can be, it's a turkey shoot, it's a picnic, it's plain sailing, duck soup
(Roget's New Millennium™)
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ANTONYMS
difficult, arduous, laborious, burdensome, complicated, hard, involved
(Roget's New Millennium™)
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"Getting to the office is easy-peasy now that we have a subway station in the vicinity."
adjective (informal)
- very easy
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
Easy-peasy is a children's expression that refers to something that is very easy to do. The Urban Dictionary, among other sources, says that it originated as part of the phrase "easy-peasy, lemon squeezy." It's not clear if the "lemon squeezy" part of the expression really means anything or whether it's used simply because it rhymes.
Easy-peasy is sometimes used with other nonsense endings like "easy-peasy Japanesey" or "easy peasy pudding pie." Which brings us to a similar expression "easy as pie." This refers to something that is easy to do or accomplish (That exam was as easy as pie.). Most sources state that "easy as pie" is an American expression from the late 19th century, but the exact reference is unknown. Pies are not particularly easy to make, unless you have the requisite experience. But they are fairly easy to eat.
And while we are on the subject of baking, if something is easy to do you can also say that it's "a piece of cake" or a "cakewalk." Both of these expressions stem from a 19th century public entertainment among African Americans in which walkers performing the most accomplished or amusing steps won cakes as prizes. As this was considered a relatively easy competition, cakewalk became synonymous with an easy task.
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SYNONYMS
a piece of cake, a cakewalk, like stealing candy from a baby, as easy as falling off a log, it's child's play, it's kid's stuff, like shooting fish in a barrel, as simple as ABC, as simple as 123, as easy as can be, it's a turkey shoot, it's a picnic, it's plain sailing, duck soup
(Roget's New Millennium™)
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ANTONYMS
difficult, arduous, laborious, burdensome, complicated, hard, involved
(Roget's New Millennium™)
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"Getting to the office is easy-peasy now that we have a subway station in the vicinity."
