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English phrases for easy and difficult

18 phrases from the lesson “A Piece of Cake”.

• a piece of cakesomething very easy to do
• hit a snagto encounter a small, unexpected problem
• back to square onestarting again from the very beginning
• bite the bulletto accept something difficult or unpleasant and just get on with it
• a blessing in disguisesomething that seems bad at first, but turns out to be good
• no big dealnot something important or serious
• give upto stop trying to do something
• hard workrequiring a lot of effort
• a challengesomething difficult that tests your ability
• worth itvaluable enough to justify the effort or cost
• an uphill battlea difficult struggle that requires a lot of effort
• easier said than doneused when something sounds simple but is actually difficult to achieve
• hit a brick wallto reach a point where you can't make any further progress
• a tall ordera difficult or demanding request or task
• sink or swimto succeed or fail entirely through your own efforts, without help
• cut cornersto do something in the quickest or cheapest way, often lowering the quality
• bite off more than you can chewto take on more than you're able to manage
• plain sailinga situation that goes smoothly, without any problems