kid stuff

kid stuff
noun
1. : something befitting or appropriate only to children

realized that all that saluting and about-facing was kid stuff — T.W.Duncan

2. : something extremely simple or easy

convinced him that running for the town council would be kid stuff

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Informal.
1. something appropriate only for children.
2. something very easy or simple.
[1925-30, Amer.]

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kid stuff,
Informal.
1. something childish or immature; puerility: »

The rumors [were] going around that the Lassie program was going to dump the kid stuff and go adult (New Yorker).

2. something easy or simple; child's play: »

Brahms' Paganini Variations are not kid stuff…. They are one of the supreme tests of a pianist (Harper's).

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(or kid's stuff) noun [noncount]
informal
1 : something that is suited only for children

toys and other kid stuff

2 : something that is very simple or easy

It's time to cut out the kid's stuff and get down to business.

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ˈkids' stuff idiom
(BrE) (NAmE ˈkid stuff) something that is so easy to do or understand that it is thought to be not very serious or only suitable for children
Main entry: ↑kididiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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