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like shooting fish in a barrel

idiom/laɪk ˈʃuɾɪŋ fɪʃ ɪn ə ˈbɛrəl/

very easy to do or accomplish

Kaitlyn is a nursery teacher so taking care of two kids for a couple of hours was like shooting fish in a barrel.

word origin — An American expression from the 1900s — describes a task so easy that anyone could accomplish it.