"duck soup" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-duck soup.ogg [Australia] Forms: duck soups [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} duck soup (usually uncountable, plural duck soups)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see duck, soup. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: breeze, cakewalk, cinch, doddle, piece of cake, walk in the park, walkover
    Sense id: en-duck_soup-en-noun-5LCm0n56 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11
  2. (slang, idiomatic) Something which is easy; a piece of cake. Tags: idiomatic, slang, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-duck_soup-en-noun-9b3acnb8

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for duck soup meaning in English (1.6kB)

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