| 单词 | not a picnic |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot a picnic b. In negative contexts (esp. in no picnic, not a picnic). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > that which is difficult > a difficult undertaking no picnic1884 1884 Daily News (Frederick, Maryland) 2 Aug. It is not a picnic by any means to write up columns of ‘copy’ day after day and week after week. 1886 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 14 Dec. 2/4 He reports plenty of snow in the Simcoe mountains and herding no picnic at this time of year. 1888 R. Kipling Wee Willie Winkie 84 'Taint no bloomin' picnic in those parts I can tell you. 1926 J. Galsworthy Escape ii. iv. 50 If you want to get thin. It's a top-hole cure for adipose. An escape's no picnic. 1961 B. Fergusson Watery Maze xvi. 394 It was going to be no picnic co-ordinating land, sea and air forces from so many different points of departure at so many different speeds. 2004 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 26 July 3 The second-innings demon, Harmison, will make sure batting is not a picnic for the West Indies today. < as lemmas |
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