no picnic

phrase

Something difficult or unpleasant.

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no fun
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Meanings

phrase
  1. informalSomething difficult or unpleasant.

    Her childhood had not been as bad as some, but it had been no picnic.

    1999, David Foster Wallace, “Suicide as a Sort of Present”, in Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, Little, Brown and Company

    Synonyms: no fun

Synonyms & antonyms

phraseSomething difficult or unpleasant.

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no fun
Cite this entry
APA

no picnic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20picnic

MLA

“no picnic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20picnic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “no picnic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20picnic.

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