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A task so easy it insults actual parks, which have hills.

means Something easy and effortless, requiring little struggle to accomplish.

from Rooted simply in the real experience of walking through a park — flat paths, pleasant surroundings, no obstacles — as opposed to, say, scaling a mountain. The phrase shows up in English by the mid-20th century as an idiom for something pleasant and undemanding; it's a plain metaphor more than a mystery, though no one can pin down the first person to say it.

origin era
American slang, coined around the 1830s
irony
real park walks involve bees, hills, strangers
usage tell
always said after the hard part
antonym
walk in the park, Jurassic edition
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