Timeline for Is there an idiom available, that is exactly opposite to "Cake walk" or "Child's play"?
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| Feb 19, 2017 at 19:56 | history | edited | Ben C | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Provide examples not using the negative
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| Feb 19, 2017 at 9:11 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | No, it does't have to be used in the negative, but de facto that is how it is used. A person who discusses a relatively easy task will say: ‘This isn't rocket science; if something's wrong, make it right.. If the project was difficult and complicated will they: "That is rocket science"? Naa... It simply doesn't fit in the OP's sample sentence. | |
| Feb 17, 2017 at 19:23 | comment | added | Phil Miller | There's also the slightly malaprop combination of the two expressions, rocket surgery | |
| Feb 17, 2017 at 9:01 | history | answered | Ben C | CC BY-SA 3.0 |