be duck soup

be duck soup
American, informal to be very easy to do.

Winning your case in court ought to be duck soup.


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  • Duck Soup (disambiguation) — Duck Soup can refer to:* Duck soup , a slang expression that indicates something easy to accomplish, a sure thing , a cinch .* Duck Soup , a 1933 film by the Marx Brothers. * Duck Soup is also a 1927 Laurel and Hardy film*A 1942 short film… …   Wikipedia

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  • duck soup — (USA) If something is duck soup, it is very easy …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • duck soup — noun uncount AMERICAN INFORMAL OLD FASHIONED something that is very easy to do …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • duck soup — duck′ soup′ n. sl. something easy to do • Etymology: 1910–15 …   From formal English to slang

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