like shooting fish in a barrel
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like shooting fish in a barrel
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Extremely easy; sometimes with a connotation of triumph but at other times with a connotation of being meaningless and unsatisfying.
Opponents contend that the lumbering creatures are so easy to shoot that a moose hunt is a slaughter, not a sport. "It's like shooting fish in a barrel," they say.
Similar: easy as pie, like taking candy from a baby
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prep_phrase extremely easy
| 한국어 | 누워서 떡먹기 nuwoseo tteongmeokgi |
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| 中文 | 甕中捉鱉 /瓮中捉鳖 wèngzhōngzhuōbiē, 易如反掌 yìrúfǎnzhǎng, 得来全不费功夫 dé lái quán bù fèi gōngfū |
| Français | simple comme bonjour, bête comme chou, con comme la lune |
| Русский | проще пареной репы prošče parenoj repy, раз плюнуть raz pljunutʹ |
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