| 单词 | taking candy from a baby |
| 释义 | > as lemmastaking (also stealing) candy from a baby P2. taking (also stealing) candy from a baby: used in similes to indicate that something is very easy to accomplish (sometimes with an implication of unscrupulousness). Chiefly in like taking candy from a baby. ΚΠ 1898 Arkansas City (Kansas) Daily Traveler 8 Jan. 5/3 The Third warders say winning the game was like taking candy from a baby. 1940 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 5 9 White collar criminality flourishes at points where powerful business and professional men come in contact with persons who are weak. In this respect it is similar to stealing candy from a baby. 1965 Washington Post 10 Aug. a10/2 Modern technology has made snooping and eavesdropping as easy as taking candy from a baby. 2001 D. King Burglar Diaries xxiii. 185 ‘It's like taking candy from a baby,’ Norris tells me with such conviction it makes me suspect he's actually got experience in this area. < as lemmas |
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