be no picnic

Last night and the following day had been no picnic for him, either.

As for the fund companies themselves, the new law is no picnic.

Going down that mountain in the dark would be no picnic.

The path up to this point had been no picnic.

Playing was no picnic, and even the leaders had their difficulties.

He might have warned that nation building is no picnic, either.

Being a single parent is no picnic, but we managed.

"It was no picnic up there and probably more dangerous than we would have liked."

Japanese officials acknowledge that the last three months have been no picnic for them either.

Alex was in good condition, but it had been no picnic for him.

It was no picnic, as those who were there can attest to.

Additionally there are no picnic facilities or play areas for children.

There are no picnic, toilet or other facilities in the park.

He laughed at that, said being her therapist was no picnic either.

Maybe he was saying that getting pummeled once a month is no picnic.

Their new life was no picnic: hunger and disease killed hundreds.

"And getting this phone line was no picnic either!"

After a moment he said, "But then, it's been no picnic for you, has it?"

Of course, actually administering the punishment is no picnic in either case.

Rehab had been no picnic, but he'd gotten used to the routine.

For that matter, the People's lives are no picnic.

I knew that whatever we should find in Cornwall it would be no picnic.

Walking, I can tell you, is no picnic even in the lesser gravity.

Honestly, being in hiding during the fourth year of the war is no picnic.

"Breaking into the music business is no picnic," its Web site reads.