Easy as Falling Off a Log

Meaning of Idiom ‘Easy as Falling off a Log’

When something is easy as falling off a log, it is very easy to do. ¹Ammer, Christine. American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013., ²Spears, Richard A. McGraw-Hill’s American Idioms Dictionary]. Boston: McGraw Hill, 2008.

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See similar idioms:
Easy as ABC 
Easy as Pie
Dead Easy
Piece of Cake 
Cakewalk

Examples Of Use

“Compared to this, my old job was as easy as falling off a log.”

“I don’t think I can learn to drive,” said Patrick. “Sure you can, it’s easy as falling off a log.”

“The new ordering system is easy as falling off a log.”

Origin

Used since around the 1830s. ³Ammer, Christine. American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.

This idiom alludes to standing on a log that is floating down a river and how difficult it is to remain standing on the log because it rolls under one’s feet, making it very easy to ‘roll off.’ Easy as rolling off a log is a variant, though no longer used.

Mark Twain used it in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, from 1889:

“I could do it as easy as rolling off a log.”

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• Every Little Thing
• Even a Broken Clock Is Right Twice a Day
• Every Name in the Book, been called
• Egg On
• Egg On Your Face, to have

More ‘Easy’ Idioms

• Easy Does It
• Easy as ABC
• Easy as Pie
• Piece of Cake
• Dead Easy

More Fall Idioms

• Just Fell Off the Turnip Truck
• Fall Off the Wagon
• Fall Flat

More Log Idioms

More Off Idioms

• Tick Off
• Ticked Off
• Blow the Lid Off (something)
• Go Off Half-Cocked
• Run Away With (something)

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