Meanings
- simileVery easy to achieve.
Taking the money from the safe will be like taking candy from a baby, since I know the combination.
Synonyms: easy as pie, like shooting fish in a barrel
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseVery easy to achieve.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 易如反掌, 得来全不费功夫
- 易如反掌 (Yìrúfǎnzhǎng)easy
- 得来全不费功夫 (Dé lái quán bù fèi gōngfū)easy
Polish jak bułka z masłem
- jak bułka z masłemeasy
Portuguese como tirar doce de uma criança
- como tirar doce de uma criançaeasy
Swedish som att stjäla godis från småbarn
- som att stjäla godis från småbarneasy
Cite this entry
like taking candy from a baby. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/like%20taking%20candy%20from%20a%20baby
“like taking candy from a baby.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/like%20taking%20candy%20from%20a%20baby. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “like taking candy from a baby,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/like%20taking%20candy%20from%20a%20baby.
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