单词 | piece of cake |
释义 | piece of cakeSEE SYNONYMS FOR piece of cake ON THESAURUS.COM Something easily accomplished, as in I had no trouble finding your house—a piece of cake. This expression originated in the Royal Air Force in the late 1930s for an easy mission, and the precise reference is as mysterious as that of the simile easy as pie. Possibly it evokes the easy accomplishment of swallowing a slice of sweet dessert. Words nearby piece of cakepièce d'occasion, piece-dyed, piece goods, piecemeal, piece of ass, piece of cake, piece of change, piece of eight, piece of exchange, piece of one's mind, piece of the action The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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