no ser moco de pavo

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “not be [the] snood of [a] turkey”.

Verb

no ser moco de pavo (first-person singular present no soy moco de pavo, first-person singular preterite no fui moco de pavo, past participle no sido moco de pavo)

(idiomatic) to be nothing to sneeze at
tampoco es moco de pavo ― it's not a piece of cake either

Further reading

“no ser algo moco de pavo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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