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    Duck soup
    /ˌdək ˈso͞op/

    noun

    • 1. an easy task, or someone easy to overcome: informal North American "we had some great battles, but against me he was duck soup"

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  3. The meaning of DUCK SOUP is something easy to do. How to use duck soup in a sentence.

  4. an easy task, or someone easy to overcome. North American informal. See also: duck, soup. Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017. duck soup, like. Extremely simple, easily accomplished. This American colloquialism dates from about 1910, and its origin is no longer known.

  5. Duck soup definition: something that is easy to do or accomplish. See examples of DUCK SOUP used in a sentence.

  6. It seems to have appeared in the early 1900's in a series of newspaper cartoons, but experts wonder about its origins — and how making duck soup could possibly be considered as easy as falling off a log. Definitions of duck soup. noun. any undertaking that is easy to do.

  7. 1. duck soup - any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product will be no picnic" child's play, cinch, piece of cake, pushover, picnic, breeze, walkover, snap. doddle - an easy task. project, task, undertaking, labor - any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings"

  8. noun. An easily accomplished task or assignment. American Heritage. Something that is easy to do; cinch. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Used other than as an idiom: see duck ,‎ soup. Wiktionary. Synonyms: piece-of-cake. snap. cinch. pushover. child's play. breeze. picnic. walkover. walkaway. Other Word Forms of Duck Soup. Noun. Singular:

  9. Grammar Reference. Idioms. Duck soup meaning. What does the saying 'Duck soup' mean? Idiom: Duck soup. Meaning: If something is duck soup, it is very easy. Country: American English | Subject Area: Food and Eating | Usage Type: Both or All Words Used. Contributor: Richard Flynn.

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