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Difficult, no fun, as in Recovering from abdominal surgery is no picnic. This expression, alluding to a picnic as a pleasant occasion, was first recorded in 1888.

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Words nearby no picnic

NOP, no pain, no gain, nopal, no-par, nope, no picnic, noplace, Nopo, no problem, nor, Nora
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