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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)