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walk in the park

walk in the park

22 1.0
An easy task that needs little effort
  • idiom
  • Informal
: pan comido
  • Completing this project should be a walk in the park given how well you've prepared.
  • Just a walk in the park
  • exactly a walk in the park

Then escape requires nullity rather than a walk in the park or a movie.

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Examples

  • In essence, qTranslate condenses the work involved in reaching foreign-language users down to an absolute walk in the park.

    Blog text (2)

  • It's just a walk in the park.

    Babe: Pig in the City (1998)

  • 40 hours a week is a walk in the park, so just be happy.

    Blog text (34)

  • To say the least, putting the other side of the argument into words was no walk in the park.

    Blog text (25)

  • Life for "free" immigrants in the north was no walk in the park.

    Blog text (15)

  • You know, designing's no walk in the park.

    Rip Tide (2017)

  • It's no secret that the market currently is very competitive, and it won't be a walk in the park.

    Blog text (5)

  • We knew, coming into this game with KC, that it wasn't gonna be a walk in the park.

    Blog text (4)

  • This task will be a walk in the park for someone with your experience.

  • For the children, the school play was a walk in the park since they had practiced for weeks.

Synonyms

breeze
vswalk in the park
  • Informal
22 2.1

An easy thing to do

means very easy but allows some small degree of effort
cakewalk
vswalk in the park
  • Informal
15 3.6

A task that is very easy to do

means very easy but stresses a stronger degree of ease
child's play
vswalk in the park
  • Informal
13 1.0

An activity that is very easy to do

focuses on low effort required rather than who can do it
cake walk
vswalk in the park
  • Informal
5 1.3

A very easy task that needs little effort

shares meaning but is usually written as one word
doddle
vswalk in the park
  • UK
1 7.8

An easy task that needs little effort

emphasizes low effort rather than needing special skills
pushover
vswalk in the park
  • Informal
1 3.4

An easy task that you can do without much effort

highlights low effort rather than focus on success or challenge
walkthrough
vswalk in the park
  • US
1 3.0

A competition or test that is very easy to pass

is more general, applying to any low effort task not just contests

Antonyms

challenge
∞ 3.1

A difficult task that tests a person's skill and will

to struggle
∞ 2.8

To try very hard to do or deal with something difficult

How Easy

walk in the park
  • Informal
22 1.0
easy
∞ 1.0
manageable
55 3.2
challenge
∞ 3.1
mammoth task
1 5.9

Surface Forms

walk in the park singular
walks in the park plural

Morphology

walk + in + the + park

The sense 'very easy' is partially derivable because a literal 'walk in the park' evokes a leisurely, low-effort activity, so learners who know the words can often infer a meaning related to ease. However, the phrase is used figuratively to describe tasks rather than an actual stroll, so the specific idiomatic extension is not fully predictable without exposure; this partial predictability (and some cross-linguistic variation) makes it semi-transparent.

Etymology

The idiom walk in the park comes from the simple image of taking a calm walk in a pleasant park, where there are no big problems or hard work. Because a peaceful walk in a park feels easy and pleasant, people use the phrase to mean 'something very easy'.