no picnic



no picnic

Difficult, no fun, as in Recovering from abdominal surgery is no picnic. This expression, alluding to a picnic as a pleasant occasion, was first recorded in 1888.
See also: picnic

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ambrosioahm-BRO-syoSpanish
Ketill-Ancient Scandinavian
MarkÉTa-Czech, Slovak
Matthiasmah-TEE-ahs (German), mə-THIE-əs (English)Greek, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, French, Dutch, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Ranya-Arabic
JarosŁAwayah-raw-SWAH-vahPolish