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
Zachariah[.zækə'raiə]
Menashsheh-Biblical Hebrew
Ba'alBAY-əl (English), BAYL (English)Near Eastern Mythology
Filib-Scottish
MastermanMAS-tər-mənEnglish (Rare)
Venkata-Indian, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam