赤あか子ごの手てをひねる

expression, godan verb (-ru)

to take candy from a baby; to accomplish something with ease

Idiomatic expression meaning something is extremely easy to do. The literal image is 'twisting a baby's arm', but it is used figuratively. Often used in the negative or rhetorical form to emphasize ease.

See also: 赤子の腕をひねる

• そんなの赤あか子ごの手てをひねるようなものだよ。

  That's as easy as taking candy from a baby.

• 彼かれにとっては赤あか子ごの手てをひねるほど簡かん単たんなことだった。

  For him, it was as easy as pie.