Ш-90

HE ШТУКА HE ВЕЛИКА ШТУКА both obsoles, coll NP these forms only subj-compl with быть« ( subj: usu. infin or abstr) , pres only) doing sth. does not require much work or great effort, sth. or dealing with sth. is not difficult: сделать X не штука \Ш-90 X (doing X) is nothing (no great trick) therefe nothing to it it's not hard at all (to do X).

«Придет муж (Степан) - небось, бросишь меня? Побоишься?» - «Мне что его бояться... Степан придет - это не штука. Батя вон меня женить собирается» (Шолохов 2). "You'll give me up when my husband (Stepan) comes back, won't you? You'll be afraid?" "Why should I be afraid of him?...Stepan coming back-that's nothing. It's my Dad

he wants to marry me off" (2a).

(Лебедев:) He велика штука пить, - пить и лошадь умеет. Нет, ты с толком выпей!.. (Чехов 4). (L.:) Drinking's no great trick - even a horse can drink.... No, it's knowing how to do it properly! (4a). (L.:) Drinking? There's nothing to it, even a horse can drink. No, the thing is to drink properly (4b).