hands down

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The origin of this colloquialism seems to have its roots in mid-19th century horseracing. When a horse jockey is nearing the finish line far ahead of the competition, "with victory certain", he could drop his hands, relaxing his hold on the reins, and "still win the race". By the late 19th century the phrase was being used in non-racing contexts to mean 'with no trouble at all.'

See hand down.

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: بِسُهُولَة (bisuhūla) — without much effort, easily
• Dutch: met losse handen — without much effort, easily
• Dutch: met gemak — without much effort, easily
• Dutch: moeiteloos — without much effort, easily
• Finnish: helposti — without much effort, easily
• French: les doigts dans le nez — without much effort, easily
• French: haut la main — without much effort, easily
• German: leichthin — without much effort, easily
• German: mühelos — without much effort, easily
• German: spielend — without much effort, easily
• German: locker — without much effort, easily
• German: mit Leichtigkeit — without much effort, easily
• German: mit Links — without much effort, easily
• Greek: αβρόχοις ποσίν (avróchois posín) — without much effort, easily
• Italian: ad occhi chiusi — without much effort, easily
• Polish: bez wysiłku — without much effort, easily
• Portuguese: com uma mão nas costas — without much effort, easily
• Portuguese: com uma perna às costas — without much effort, easily
• Romanian: fără efort — without much effort, easily
• Romanian: cu ușurință — without much effort, easily
• Spanish: fácilmente — without much effort, easily
• Turkish: kolayca — without much effort, easily
• Turkish: kolaylıkla — without much effort, easily
• Turkish: tereyağından kıl çeker gibi — without much effort, easily
• German: mit Abstand — by a large margin
• German: mit großem Vorsprung — by a large margin
• Polish: z kretesem — by a large margin
• German: keine Frage — without question
• German: ganz ohne Zweifel — without question
• German: ohne Frage — without question
• German: zweifellos — without question
• Italian: senza dubbio — without question
• Polish: bez dwóch zdań — without question
• Spanish: definitivamente — without question
• Spanish: sin lugar a duda — without question
• Turkish: kuşkusuz — without question
• Turkish: şüphesiz — without question