(as) easy as falling off a log
(as) easy as falling off a log
Extremely easy; very intuitive; requiring little skill or effort. A: "I'm a little nervous about learning how to drive." B: "Don't worry. After some lessons and a bit of practice, it's as easy as falling off a log!" Boy, that test was easy as falling off a log!
See also: easy, fall, log, off
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
easy as falling off a log
If something is as easy as falling off a log, it is very easy to do. She's just the sort of woman who could cook a four-course dinner for 12 while singing all of Fauré's Requiem, and making it look as easy as falling off a log. Note: You can also say that something is as simple as falling off a log or like falling off a log. All you have to do it climb up the rope and stand on the bar. Honestly, it's like falling off a log.
See also: easy, fall, log, off
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
easy as falling off a log
very easy. informalThis expression was originally a mid 19th-century American one, but it is now in general use. It was used around the year 1880 by Mark Twain in the alternative form rolling off a log .
See also: easy, fall, log, off
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- easy as falling off a log
- get (something) off pat
- have (something) off pat
- have something off pat
- have/know/get something off pat
- know (something) off pat
- learn (something) off pat
- financially embarrassed
- think little of (someone or something)