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
And no picnic is complete without the quintessential summertime food: lobster rolls.
From Salon • Sep. 1, 2024
“The Warren court was no picnic for the justices. … They were unpopular basically from start to finish from ’53 to ’69,” Kavanaugh said.
From Seattle Times • May 10, 2024
Winter on the prairie was no picnic for the Ingalls family.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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