hands down

Pronunciation
'han(d)z-'daun

Etymology 1
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.'

Adverb

 * 1)  without much effort; easily
 * 2)  by a large margin
 * 3)  without question; undoubtedly

Translations

 * Arabic: سهولة
 * Dutch: met losse handen, met gemak,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: leichthin,, , , mit Leichtigkeit, mit Links
 * Greek: αβρόχοις ποσίν
 * Italian: ad occhi chiusi
 * Portuguese: com uma mão nas costas, com uma perna às costas
 * Romanian: fără efort, cu ușurință
 * Turkish:, ,


 * German: keine Frage, ganz ohne Zweifel
 * Italian: senza dubbio
 * Polish:
 * Turkish: ,

Etymology 2
See hand down