child's play

noun

1
: an extremely simple task or act
2
: something that is insignificant
figuring out the password was child's play

Examples of child's play in a Sentence

Landing a job should be child's play for someone with his skills. the injury is child's play, just a scratch
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However, figuring out the specifics of taxing candy is far from child's play. Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024 And everything that used to give me anxiety feels like child's play after all this. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024 While eating candy is easy, figuring out the specifics of taxing candy is far from child's play. Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024 Even though Activate's games in Dubai are the same as the ones in its North American sites, the expansion still wasn't child's play. Caroline Reid, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for child's play 

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of child's play was in the 15th century

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“Child's play.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/child%27s%20play. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

child's play

noun
: something that is very easy to do or is unimportant
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