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View synonyms for piece of cake

piece of cake



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Idioms and Phrases

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.
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Example Sentences

“This is the kind of place where you go to the polls and the workers will have a cookie or a piece of cake for you,” he said.

From BBC

When she got home, Mungnee was shocked to look inside the black bag and find only a brick, a piece of cake, and two bottles of water.

From BBC

Owning these harlequins should be a piece of cake, and the woman who spent most of her career sticking it to abusive husbands and predatory bankers could be just the man to get things moving.

From Salon

But from the inside, believe me, it’s a piece of cake to open.

After clearing their plates, attendees enjoy a piece of cake or a bowl of grape dumplings — a dessert traditionally made from wild grape juice that today is often made with frozen juice and canned biscuits.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from 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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