не велика штука

• НЕ ШТУКА; НЕ ВЕЛИКА ШТУКА both obsoles, coll

[NP; these forms only; subj-compl with быть (subj: usu. infin or abstr), pres only]

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⇒ doing sth. does not require much work or great effort, sth. or dealing with sth. is not difficult:

- сделать X не штука{{}}≈ X (doing X) is nothing (no great trick);

- there's nothing to it;

- it's not hard at all (to do X).

     ♦ "Придёт муж [Степан] - небось, бросишь меня? Побоишься?" - "Мне что его бояться... Степан придёт - 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:] Не 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).