no picnic Idiome
no picnic
not pleasant, difficult It was no picnic trying to drive to the lake during the storm.
no picnic|picnic
n. phr. Something arduous; something that requires great effort to accomplish.
It is no picnic to climb Mount Everest. Antonym: A PIECE OF CAKE, A CINCH, EASY AS APPLE PIE.
no picnic
Not an accessible task; arid or challenging. I love kids, but watching 20 of them at already is no picnic, accept me! Spending a admirable Saturday afternoon charwoman out the barn is no picnic.Learn more: no, picnicno picnic
Difficult, no fun, as in Recovering from belly anaplasty is no picnic. This expression, alluding to a barbecue as a affable occasion, was aboriginal recorded in 1888. Learn more: no, picnicno picnic
No accessible task; not an agreeable experience. This appellation began to be acclimated frequently in the backward nineteenth century. Rudyard Kipling acclimated it several times, as in Wee WillieWinkie (1888): “T’ain’t no bloomin’ barbecue in those parts, I can acquaint you.”Learn more: no, picnic