draw the short straw
carry coals to Newcastle
make bricks without straw
waltz
draw straws
lump
push string uphill
get one's hands dirty
do by halves
get over the line
queer someone's pitch
cut corners
scutwork
employ a steam engine to crack a nut
compartmentalization
underburden
fanny about
impairment
short and sweet
stultification
least effort
constipation
deadening
least resistance
nail Jell-O to a tree
cushy number
stroll
goof off
paint by numbers
lurk
bring it weak
cake
sprezzatura
station
wish one joy of it
put the pedal to the metal
fart
endeavor
bad boy
stultify
hamstring
kick at an open door
botch
picnic
malingering
dump job
Sisyphean labour
phone in
army volunteer
go all out