nothing to it

ADJECTIVE

effortless

Synonyms

WEAK

a breeze child's play duck soup easy easy as ABC easy as pie no problem no sweat painless piece of cake simple snap uncomplicated

NOUN

easily handled situation

Synonyms

WEAK

a breeze a snap duck soup easy easy as ABC easy as pie effortless piece of cake simple

Example Sentences

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And in short 24 hours of researching and thinking about it, I concluded that there was nothing to it whatsoever.

From Slate • Jun. 27, 2023

But each time he investigated a claim, he said in an interview, he found there was nothing to it.

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2023

I decided that there was nothing to it at all.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2023

“There’s nothing to it – I was just doing my job,” she told The Washington Post in 2017.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2020

“Do you think that’s her? I could find out,” he said as if there was nothing to it.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett