[noun] [C] - a usually cold meal taken with you to a place to be eaten outside in an informal way, or an occasion on which such a meal is eatenThese small packs of fruit juice are ideal for picnics.If the weather's nice we could go on a picnic on Saturday.If you're going to be away all day, why don't you take a picnic with you?Do you want to stop at a restaurant on the way, or would you rather take a picnic lunch?picnic tablesa picnic area/spot/sitea picnic basket/hamperIf something seems like a picnic it is pleasant. If something is no picnic it is not pleasant.The current crisis makes last year's hard work seem like a picnic.He has to be there whatever the weather and these damp, dark, cold mornings are no picnic for him.
PICNIC
Meaning of PICNIC in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012