child's play
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- noun
- /ˈtʃaɪldz pleɪ/
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juego infantil
- Child's play.
Examples
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Child's play?
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Most limitations are sensible: no dogs in children's play areas, dogs must be under close control around livestock, and on a leash during the breeding season on land where birds nest on the ground, etc.
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The children spent their afternoon engaged in child's play, creating imaginary worlds with their toys.
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During recess, the kids enjoyed child's play, running around and pretending to be superheroes.
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Building sandcastles on the beach was pure child's play for the little ones, filled with laughter and creativity.
Synonyms
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Activity done for fun, often by children
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Taking part in a game or sport for fun
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Act as if you are someone or something imaginary
How Playful
- Baby Talk
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Surface Forms
Morphology
child's + play
The meaning 'activities performed by children' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'child's' (possessive of child) with 'play' (playful activity). The possessive composition is a regular, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Child's play simply means the play that a child does. These are free, imaginative activities with few rules, so the phrase refers to 'activities performed by children'.