as easy as to turn one 's hand

as easy as to turn one 's hand

It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is y ì t ó NGF ǎ nzh ǎ ng. It means that things are easy to do and it doesn't take much effort. It comes from the biography of Wang daozhuan in northern history.

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of Wang daozhuan in the northern history: "this state controls Huainan and is adjacent to the powerful bandits. If you want to do something for yourself, you can easily fight against each other."

Idiom usage

Used as predicate, attributive and adverbial; used in figurative sentences.