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“Passion and being able to take direction. And having thick skin since this business is not a walk in the park.”
- Model Naomi Campbell, on what she was looking for in her team for her new modeling reality show, The Face. (Parade)
Definition
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easy experience
2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.
You know what’s relaxing? Taking a walk. It’s especially nice to take a walk in a peaceful environment. It’s nice if the environment contains some lovely green grass, and some colorful flowers. Maybe it contains some other people going for a stroll. You know what that sounds like? A walk in the park.
Yes, walking in the park can be extremely peaceful and relaxing. It can be a great way to get rid of stress. In fact, sometimes when you’re having a particularly stressful day, you might wish that you were just taking a walk in the park. The idea of beautiful weather, nice flowers and plants, and calm company might sound like just the opposite of the stressful environment you’re in. Usually, you use the phrase walk in the park to compare it to something stressful by saying that something is no walk in the park.
Model Naomi Campbell reveals that modeling is a stressful business when she says it’s no walk in the park. That means it’s not calm, or peaceful. She needs people for the team for her new show who have a thick skin, or aren’t too sensitive, and who know that the business they’re getting involved in is not relaxing.
Do you get stressed out? What do you do to relax? Can you describe a stressful aspect of your life by sharing how it’s no walk in the park?
Examples
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“You may think that poetry class is an easy A, but, let me tell you, it’s no walk in the park.”
“I’ve been working 12 hour days all week. This job is no walk in the park.”
“I think I need to move out. I thought living with you would be easy, but it’s no walk in the park.”
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