Simon Foster: It’ll be easy peasy lemon squeezy. Toby: No it won’t! It’ll be difficult difficult lemon difficult!
Moreover, is Easy-peasy lemon squeezy an idiom?
It is an informal British phrase, mainly used by children and people talking to children. It is often extended with more jokey rhyming forms, such as easy-peasy, lemon squeezy, or easy-peasy, Japanesy.
Moreover, what does peasy mean?
adjective. informal British. Very simple, easy. Also as interjection Compare “easy-peasy [interjection, adverb]”.
What is the origin of the saying Easy-peasy?
A reduplication of easy, the colloquial adjective easy-peasy means very straightforward and easy. According to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED – 3rd edition, 2002), easy-peasy originated in British English; the earliest instance that the OED has recorded is from The Bookseller (London) of Saturday 22nd January 1966.
What’s the opposite of easy peasy lemon squeezy?
Whats the opposite of a lemon?
What is the opposite of lemon?
acceptable | adequate |
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OK | okay |
passable | respectable |
satisfactory | standard |
tolerable | good |
Who says Easy peasy lemon squeezy?
While its exact origins are unknown, easy peasy lemon squeezy has been featured prominently in some popular media, including the 2002 British-parodying comedy, Austin Powers in Goldmember.
Why do people say Easy-peasy?
“Easy-peasy” probably originated in a children’s schoolyard chanting game, played e.g. when skipping over a rope, or to choose someone for a forfeit or to be chased. Chants often use nonsense words to achieve a rhyme and are frequently reduplicative like ‘easy-peasy’.