like taking candy from a baby 可不是喜欢抢婴儿的糖

like taking candy from a baby

含义

短语"like taking candy from a baby"并不是说“喜欢从婴儿手中夺走糖果”，而是表示某件事非常容易完成。这个表达通常用于形容轻松得到某物或成功完成某事，就像从婴儿手中夺走糖果那么容易。然而，这个短语也有时候暗指这种行为虽然容易但却不光彩。例如，如果在围棋比赛中一位高手轻易战胜了一个初学者，可以说："对他来说，赢得这场比赛like taking candy from a baby（就像从婴儿手里夺走糖果一样简单。）"

例句

• Solving that puzzle was like taking candy from a baby.
  解决那个谜题就像从婴儿手中夺糖果一样容易。
• Winning the debate against an inexperienced opponent was like taking candy from a baby.
  与一个没有经验的对手辩论获胜就像从婴儿手里夺取糖果一样容易。
• She is so good at chess that beating amateurs is like taking candy from a baby for her.
  她下棋如此高手，击败业余选手对她来说就像从婴儿手里夺取糖果一样简单。
• The seasoned salesman could make a sale with such ease, it was like taking candy from a baby.
  那位经验丰富的销售员能够轻易地完成销售，简直就像从婴儿手里拿糖果一样。
• For a professional thief, picking the lock was like taking candy from a baby.
  对于一个职业小偷来说，撬锁就像从婴儿手里拿糖果一样简单。
• Solving the beginner's level puzzle was like taking candy from a baby for the seasoned puzzle-solver.
  对于那位经验老到的拼图高手来说，解决初学者级的拼图就像从婴儿手中夺取糖果一样轻松。

起源

短语“like taking candy from a baby”意味着“极其容易”。这个短语起源于美国20世纪初期，最早的用例出现在1900年的一本关于赌博的短故事集《Taking Chances》中，书中有一句：“It looked like taking candy from a child”。不过，这个短语的使用不仅仅表示事情容易，它早期的许多例子还暗示了这样做是不光彩的。例如，1905年《Munsey's Magazine》一篇关于反腐败斗争的文章”Taking money from St. Louis was for years easier than taking candy from a baby.”，以及1907年杰克·伦敦在其回忆录《The Road》中对伊利县监狱经历的描述：“Two or three rations of bread for a plug was the way we exchanged, and they traded, not because they loved tobacco less, but because they loved bread more. Oh, I know, it was like taking candy from a baby, but what would you? We had to live.”，都在这个短语的使用中蕴含了不道德的意味。