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nothing to it

nothing to it phrase: easy; simple or straightforward.

Phrase

nothing to it

  1. (idiomatic) Easy; simple or straightforward.
    • See? Nothing to it. You just put tab A in slot B and give it a flip.
    • Jem looked at me furiously, could not decline, ran down the sidewalk, treaded water at the gate, then dashed in and retrieved the tire.
      “See there?” Jem was scowling triumphantly. “Nothin‘ to it. I swear, Scout, sometimes you act so much like a girl it’s mortifyin’.”1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC

Questions about nothing to it

What does nothing to it mean?
Nothing to it means easy; simple or straightforward.
What part of speech is nothing to it?
Nothing to it is a phrase.

Words near nothing to it in the dictionary

  1. nothing sandwiches
  2. nothing short of
  3. nothing special
  4. nothing succeeds like success
  5. nothing to choose between
  6. nothing to it
  7. nothing to see
  8. nothing to see here
  9. nothing to sneeze at
  10. nothing to sniff at
  11. nothing to write home about

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