"like taking candy from a baby" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-like taking candy from a baby.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} like taking candy from a baby, {{en-PP}} like taking candy from a baby
  1. (simile) Very easy to achieve. Synonyms: easy as pie, like shooting fish in a barrel, easy Translations (easy): 易如反掌 (Yìrúfǎnzhǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 得来全不费功夫 (Dé lái quán bù fèi gōngfū) (Chinese Mandarin), como tirar doce de uma criança (Portuguese), som att stjäla godis från småbarn (Swedish)

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