Meaning of Idiom ‘Can of Corn’
1. In Baseball, a can of corn is a high, easy-to-catch flyball or popup.
2. Something very easy to accomplish; an easy task.
Sentence Examples
“It’s a high pop-up. A can of corn!”
“That was no problem at all. A can of corn.”
“Sure I can get your car going again. It’s easy. Nothing but a can of corn.”
Origin
Recorded since the 1920s, it is not precisely known how this expression came to be used in baseball. One theory is that it refers to old-time grocery stores, where the merchant would use a long stick or mechanical grabber to dislodge cans of corn from high shelves and catch them on the way down to hand them to a customer.
