like shelling peas

English

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like shelling peas

1. (simile) repetitive, but very easy.
   • 1996, Stephen Smith, Parentcraft, page 14:

     Do you know that some people, no matter how much money they have or how far medical techniques improve, will never be able to have children while for others it's like shelling peas?

   • 2007, Peter Arden, Supergeek, page 74:

     At school he could deliver straight A's like shelling peas.

   • 2010, Leo McKinstry, Geoff Boycott: A Cricketing Hero, page 43:

     They just rolled my wicket over and said it was like shelling peas.

Synonyms

• like taking candy from a baby
• like shooting fish in a barrel