as easy as turning over the palm

as easy as turning over the palm

Y ì R ú f ā nzh ǎ ng: it refers to things that are easy to do and can be done easily without great effort. From the banquet of five marquis by Guan Hanqing of Yuan Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

Idiom: easy as the palm of one's hand

[pronunciation]: y ì R ú f ā nzh ǎ ng

Explanation: it refers to things that are easy to accomplish without great effort. It's the same as "easy".

Idioms and allusions

[example]: Ming Dynasty Feng Menglong's Xingshi Hengyan, Vol.20: "if you were lucky enough to get even with Keji, then you would save your father and get revenge."

Usage: used as predicate, attributive and adverbial; used to describe that things are very easy to do.

Discrimination of words

Usage: as predicate, attributive, adverbial; metaphor things are very easy to do

Synonyms: easy, easy, similarities and differences

Emotional color: commendatory words

Idiom structure: more formal