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Like taking candy from a baby
Like taking candy from a baby is an American idiom that first appeared around the turn of the twentieth century. An idiom is a word, group of words or phrase that has a figurative meaning that is not easily deduced from its literal meaning. We will examine the definition of the phrase like taking candy from a baby, where it came from and some examples of its use in sentences.

Like taking candy from a baby describes something that is very easy to do. The idiom carries the connotation of doing something unfair or shameful because it is so easy to do, and is often used to describe an action that is sneaky or underhanded.