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DUCK SOUP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does duck soup mean?
• DUCK SOUP (noun)
The noun DUCK SOUP has 1 sense:
1. any undertaking that is easy to do
Familiarity information: DUCK SOUP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any undertaking that is easy to do
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
breeze; child's play; cinch; duck soup; picnic; piece of cake; pushover; snap; walkover
Context example:
marketing this product will be no picnic
Hypernyms ("duck soup" is a kind of...):
labor; project; task; undertaking (any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "duck soup"):
doddle (an easy task)
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"By firelight, an old rag looks like sturdy hemp fabric." (Corsican proverb)
"A danger foreseen is half-avoided." (Native American proverb, Cheyenne)
"Be aware of the idiot, for he is like an old dress. Every time you patch it, the wind will tear it back again." (Arabic proverb)
"By firelight, an old rag looks like sturdy hemp fabric." (Corsican proverb)