As easy as pie/ A piece of cake
→どちらも「朝飯前」という意味のイディオムです!
例)
It’s a piece of cake.
そんなの朝飯前だよ!
That presentation was as easy as pie!
プレゼンは簡単なものだったよ!
A breeze
→「そよかぜ」という意味の単語ですが、「簡単なこと」という意味で使われます★
例)
That job interview was a breeze!
就活面接は超簡単だった!
「思ったより」と言うニュアンスをキャッチするなら「① That was easier than I thought.」を勧めます。
「than I thought」は「思ったより」と言うニュアンスです。
質問者様のシチュエーションなら、ゴルフを終えて「① That was easier than I thought.」と言っても違和感はありません。
ジュリアン
Well, sometimes we face an unusual or unexpected task and think it could be a formidable challenge considering the skill set and individual abilities we have. However, finally, it seems that our fears and sombre predicictions were unwarranted. If the task is actually easily achievable, then it is a walk in the park.
そうですね、たまに、普通ないような(予想外の)仕事をすることになって、自分の技術や能力を考えると、大変な挑戦になるなと思うことがあります。ただ、結果的には、自分の不安やネガティブな考えは不要だった、と。その仕事が本当に簡単にできるなら、「a walk in the park(誰でもできる簡単なこと)」と言えます。
easier than expected=思っていたより簡単だった。
例: playing golf was easier than expected=ゴルフするのは思っていたより簡単だった。
a piece of cake=朝飯前。
例: playing golf was a piece of cake=ゴルフするのは朝飯前だった。
是非参考にしてみて下さい。
When something turns out to be easier than you thought it would be; then you can say:
-It was easier than I thought it would be
-It was easier than expected
何かが思ったよりも簡単だったと言いたい時、以下のように言えます:
It was easier than I thought it would be.
It was easier than expected.
(思ったよりも簡単でした。)
こんにちは。質問ありがとうございます。
他のアンカーさんたちが答えたように、「思ってたよりも簡単だった」と言う場合は、it was easier than I thoughtと言います。単に「めっちゃ簡単だった」はit was so easyでいいです。soはeasy「簡単」を強調する、「とても」や「めっちゃ」という意味です。会話の中では、soに強く韻を置くと、さらに強調されます。
またの質問をお待ちしております。
I imagined it would be more of a challenge but it was easier than I had anticipated
We are sometimes shocked when we do something like sit an exam or play a sport that we imagine is very difficult. We realise that after doing it that it was not as hard as we had originally thought. This is always such a relief.
"It was easy peasy!": This means that there was no difficulty in achieving the task at all. It is a common phrase used by younger people.
In the second sentence "anticipated" has the same meaning as "expected".
You can use the word "surprisingly" as a synonym of "unexpectedly". They are both adverbs and can be used interchangeably.
In the first sentence, the subject of the sentence is "it", meaning the activity you are talking about, for example golf.
In the second and third sentence, the speaker is the subject and the sentence is more focused on his feeling towards the activity.