цветочки – English translation

the easy bit (Ремедиос_П)

Sunday-school picnic (Last year was bad enough, but compared to this year it looks like a Sunday-school picnic. / Life in today's prisons is a Sunday school picnic compared to prisons a century ago. | За вариант спасибо Liv Bliss 4uzhoj)

inf., fig.

walk in the park (в сравнении с чем-либо: High school was difficult, but it was a walk in the park compared to college engineering classes. • As bad as I thought I had it through the whole process compared to his was a walk in the park. 4uzhoj)

sarcast.

for starters (The neighbours' calls were just for starters. Before long, the front lawn was packed with TV crews from all over the US, Europe and even Japan. – Звонки от соседей – это были ещё цветочки, а вот когда перед домом появились... ART Vancouver)

"цветочки" n

inf.

small potatoes (используется в смысле "то были цветочки – ягодки впереди" Tanyabomba)

floweret (цветок, входящий в соцветие сложноцветных)