She took to singing just as a duck takes to water.The baby adapted to bottle-feeding as a duck takes to water.

Mountain climbing is as easy as pie.Making a simple dress out of cotton cloth is easy as pie.

Finding your way to the shopping center is easy as duck soup.Getting Bob to eat fried chicken is as easy as duck soup.

Passing that exam was as easy as falling off a log.Getting out of jail was easy as rolling off a log.

Living with Pat can't be a bed of roses, but her husband is always smiling.Being the boss isn't exactly a bed of roses. There are so many problems to take care of.

The test was child's play to her.Finding the right street was child's play with a map.

Once you've passed that exam, it will be clear sailing.Working there was not all clear sailing. The boss had a very bad temper.

The mayor won the election hands down.She was the choice of the people hands down.

Don't worry about your algebra course. It's downhill all the way.The mayor said that the job of mayor is easy—in fact, downhill all the way.

The worst part is over. It's downhill from here on.The painful part of this procedure is over. It's downhill from here on.

Yes, we must find a cure for cancer, but it's easier said than done.Finding a good job is easier said than done.

Ann found twenty dollars in the morning and spent it foolishly at noon. "Easy come, easy go," she said.John spends his money as fast as he can earn it. With John it's easy come, easy go.

Be careful with that glass vase. Easy does it!Now, now, Tom. Don't get angry. Easy does it.

Please be careful with that phonograph record. It was not easy to come by.A good dictionary is very easy to come by.

I won't discuss the entire report. I'll just hit the high spots.First, let me hit the high spots; then I'll tell you about everything.

Climbing that hill is kid stuffDriving an automatic car is kid stuff

Insults rolled off John like water off a duck's back.The bullets had no effect on the steel door. They fell away like water off a duck's back.

It's no skin off my nose if she wants to act that way.She said it was no skin off her teeth if we wanted to sell the house.

Of course I can have your car repaired by noon. No sweat.You'd like a red one? No problem.

This is a difficult project, but we're over the hump now.I'm halfway through—over the hump—and it looks as if I may get finished after all.

John will follow the path of least resistance.I like challenges. I won't usually take the path of least resistance.

No, it won't be any trouble. It's a piece of cake.It's easy! Look here—piece of cake.

The test was not difficult. I sailed right through it.Bob sailed through his homework in a short amount of time.

Swimming is second nature to Jane.Driving is no problem for Bob. It's second nature to him.

The teacher spoon-feeds the students by dictating notes on the novel instead of getting the children to read the books.You mustn't spoon-feed the new recruits by telling them what to do all the time. They must use their initiative.

John passed his geometry test with flying colors.Sally qualified for the race with flying colors.

I could put an end to this argument with one hand tied behind my back.John could do this job with both hands tied behind his back.

The twenty-dollar bill I keep in my shoe is my ace in the hole.Mary's beautiful singing voice was her ace in the hole in case everything else failed.

Who said life would be a bed of roses?If I had a million bucks, I would be in a bed of roses.

Did you think life was all beer and skittles?All you want is beer and skittles. Don't you know you have to work hard for what you want?

Oh, that is just a blow-off. Nothing to it.The test was a blow-off.

Nothing to it. It was a breeze.I went through it like a breeze.

Nothing to it. It's a cakewalk.The game was a cakewalk from beginning to end.

No sweat! It was a cinch!What a cinch. Anybody can do it.

It'll be clear sailing from now on.When this is finished, it'll be clear sailing.

I'm gonna cruise that math course.Tom really cruised English this semester.

He's got sort of a cushy job.That's a cushy kind of life to lead.

It's a dead cinch. I foresee no problems.The job was no dead cinch, but we did it on time.

This whole job is dead easy.It was so dead easy, Frank did it with one hand.

You've had a free ride long enough. You have to do your share of the work now.No more free rides around here. Get off your duff and get a job!

That's a gut course. Nothing to it.I won't take any more gut economics courses. Even those are hard.

She won the contest hands down.They declared her the winner hands down.

Of course, the question is a no-brainer. The answer has to be yes.His proposal of marriage was a nobrainer. She turned him down flat on the spot.

Look, anybody can do it! Nothing to it!Changing a light bulb is easy. Nothing to it!

Things should be easy from now on. We are over the hump.When you get over the hump, life is much better.

No problem. When you know what you're doing, it's a piece of cake.Glad to help. It was a piece of cake.

I sailed right through my homework.We sailed through the examination with no difficulty.

Nothing to it. It's a snap.The whole thing was a snap.

I took a snap course in algebra and flunked it.I need at least one snap course a semester to pass.

Fred ended up with a real soft berth.I hope I can arrange a soft berth for my brother, who just applied for a job here.

Take it easy! That hurts!Take it easy; he's just a kid!

It was not a tea party, but it wasn't bad either.The test was a real tea party. No sweat.

That game was a walk!What a walk! I've never had such an easy time of it!

The game was a walkover. No problem.Learning the computer 's operating system was no walkover for me.

The job was a waltz. We did it in a day.The coach promised them that the game would be a waltz.

Everything went off without a hitch.We hoped the job would go off without a hitch.