like breaking sticks

prepositional phrase

Without any difficulty.

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like taking candy from a baby
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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. informalWithout any difficulty.

    Well, Schultz is around after me again that night to take me to the house in the grove, and in fact every night for a month hand-running I play the captain and it is not long before I am beating him like breaking sticks.

    1944, Damon Runyon, The Lacework Kid

    Synonyms: like taking candy from a baby

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositional phraseWithout any difficulty.

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like taking candy from a baby
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APA

like breaking sticks. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/like%20breaking%20sticks

MLA

“like breaking sticks.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/like%20breaking%20sticks. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “like breaking sticks,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/like%20breaking%20sticks.

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