As easy as falling off a log

Idioms used to indicate that something is very easy to do.

Language	Idiom
Belarusian	Як босаму разуцца (Jak bosamu razucca) simpler than a stewed turnip
Bulgarian	Фасулска работа! Лесна работа! (Fasulska rabota!) - A bean job! Лесна работа! (Lesna rabota!) - An easy job! Като детска игра! (Kato detska igra!) - As a child's game!
Chinese (Mandarin)	易如反掌 (yì rú fǎnzhǎng) as easy as turning your hand over
Croatian	Mačji kašalj' a cat's cough Prosto k'o pekmez - Simple as jam
Czech	jednoduché jako facka / snadné jak facka - as easy as a slap snadná věc, zívačka, brnkačka
Danish	Så nemt som at klø sig i nakken - as easy as scratching one's neck
Dutch	Kinderspel - child's play Een kind kan de was doen - a child can do the laundry
English	As easy as pie As easy as ABC As easy as 123 As easy as falling off a log As easy as shooting fish in a barrel As easy as taking candy from a baby A piece of cake No sweat
French	un jeu d'enfant - child's play (faire qch) les doigts dans le nez - (as easy as sticking your) fingers in the nose ce n'est pas sorcier - it's not sorcery
German	kinderleicht / ein Kinderspiel - child's play
Greek	Εἶναι παιχνιδάκι (Íne pehnidáki)
Hebrew	(Be'eynaaim kshurot) בעיניים קשורות with eyes tied - blindfolded, as in "I can do it blindfolded" easy peasy - (Bekalley kalloot) בקלי קלות
Hungarian	gyerekjáték / pihekönnyű - child's play / featherlight
Indonesian	semudah membalikkan telapak tangan - as easy as turning your palm around
Irish (Gaelic)	chomh héasca lena bhfaca tú riamh - as easy as you've never seen
Italian	facile come bere un bicchier d'acqua / è un gioco da ragazzi as easy as drinking a glass of water / it's a kid's game
Japanese	朝めし前 (asameshi mae) before breakfast - something that's so easy, you could finish it before breakfast.
Korean	누워서 떡먹기 (nuwoseo tdeokmeokki) - lying on one's back and eating rice cakes 식은죽 먹기 (sigeunjuk meokki) - eating cool rice gruel
Latvian	Viegli kā atņemt bērnam konfekti - as easy as taking a candy from a child Bērnu spēlīte - kids game Kā divi reiz divi - like two times two
Lithuanian	Paprasta kaip du kart du - it's as easy as two times two
Persian (Farsi)	(be asaniye ab khurdan) به آسانی آب خوردن
Polish	To jest jak dwa razy dwa - it's like two times two Małe piwo - small beer Bułka z masłem - "bread roll and butter" = a piece of cake
Portuguese	É canja - it's chicken soup
Romanian	floare la ureche - flower at your ear
Russian	Ёжику понятно (Ëžiku ponjatno) - Understandable to a hedgehog Проще пареной репы (Prošče parenoj repy) - Like someone barefooted taking off their shoes Это как дважды два (Eto kak dvaždy dva) - It's as easy as two times two Проще простого (Prošče prostogo) - Simpler than simple
Slovenian	mala malica - small meal
Spanish	tan fácil como 1-2-3 - as easy as 123
Swedish	Lätt som en plätt - as easy as a small pancake
Turkish	Tereyağından kıl çeker gibi - as it pulls the hair from butter Çocuk oyuncağı - child's play Çantada keklik - partridge in the bag
Welsh	mor hawddd â thynnu llaw dros wyneb - as easy as pulling a hand across the face cyn hawsed â dim - as easy as anything mor hawdd ag anadlu - as easy as breathing

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