phrase🎓 English idiom

piece of cake

something very easy

What it means

Used to describe a task that is very easy to do, requiring little effort or skill. It's an informal way of saying something will be no trouble at all.

Examples

  • Don't worry about the exam, it'll be a piece of cake for you.
  • Fixing the printer was a piece of cake once I read the manual.
  • She thought the hike would be hard, but it was a piece of cake.
  • Compared to last year's project, this one is a piece of cake.

Where it comes from

The phrase dates to the 1930s and likely echoes the older idea of cake as an easily won prize, as in a 'cakewalk', a 19th-century contest where the easiest, most graceful walker won a cake.

Related idioms

#a dime a dozen#easier said than done#sell like hotcakes#cut the mustard

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