duck soup

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Recent Examples of duck soup For Marx, making the transition from actress to wife of a great movie star was duck soup. Donald Liebenson, Washington Post, 21 July 2022 By comparison, Adare's most recent renovation— completed this spring after two years of construction—was duck soup. Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 4 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for duck soup
Noun
  • But on this sunny day, the breeze felt as refreshing as the cold-water dip some dogs were gleefully taking.
    Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Getting there from Phuket International Airport (HKT) is a breeze.
    Jenn Rice, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In her last pic, Olivia Rodrigo holds the same picnic basket while cheesing for the camera in a plunging red one-piece bathing suit and a grey baseball cap, keeping her pigtail braids in tact underneath.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Highland Faith Church Highland: 8910 Grace St. — Faith Church Highland will have an indoor picnic from 12 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Feb. 23.
    Christin Lazerus, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The selection committee tends to take an unflattering view of teams that load up on cream puffs.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Fifth course: Giant cream puff, sugared blackberries, caramel and candied pecans.
    Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Securing a multi-year deal with that race winner is the icing on the cake.
    Kanzah Maktoum, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Mikey Moore put the icing on the Tottenham cake in stoppage time.
    Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • At 21, Jovic, too, arguably remains part of the kid stuff, only at the end of last season having emerged as a rotation presence.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 28 Sep. 2024
  • But that was kid stuff compared to the adult heartbreak of her stunning new album, The Tortured Poets Department.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2024
Noun
  • My memoir was built of gaps, juxtaposition, weird little nothings.
    Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The one whose legs turned nothings into somethings, improvising the Lions’ entire defensive game plan into a pile of ash?
    Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2024

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“Duck soup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duck%20soup. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.

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