no picnic
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Small-caps are no picnic either, with more than 40% of companies in the Russell 2000 being unprofitable, including lots of biotechs that require expertise to vet.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Invading south Lebanon, however well reasoned or cleverly planned, is no picnic.
From Slate • Sep. 18, 2024
He knows their private lives are no picnic either.
From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2024
Woods always enjoyed a course where par was no picnic and players faced options.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 2, 2023
Handing the Duchess back down from one drawer pull to another was no picnic either.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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