| 单词 | piece of cake |
| 释义 | piece of cake (once / 16934 pages) n The saying "a piece of cake" means something that's simple to accomplish. If a school assignment is a piece of cake, it's so easy that you will barely have to think about it. Other ways to say "it's a piece of cake" include no problem or it's a breeze. Something that's a piece of cake is as easy as eating a delicious piece of cake would be. The Americanism cakewalk, used to mean "something easy," came first, in the 1860's — piece of cake wasn't used until around 1936. Both cake and pie have a long history in the United States as metaphors for things that come easily. WORD FAMILYpiece of cake: pieces of cake USAGE EXAMPLESAs he finally left, Kevin remembered the piece of cake. New York Times(Dec 25, 2016) Someday, she said, this phase may seem like a piece of cake compared with what follows. Washington Times(Dec 24, 2016) I started selecting my items, I initially thought, “piece of cake.” Washington Post(Nov 25, 2016) n any undertaking that is easy to do Syn|Hypo|Hyper breeze, child's play, cinch, duck soup, picnic, pushover, snap, walkover doddle an easy task labor, project, task, undertaking any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted |
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