piece of cake
/ˈpiːsə(v)ˈkeɪk/
piece of cake noun: a job, task or other activity that is pleasant or, by extension, easy or simple.
Noun
piece of cake (plural pieces of cake)
- A job, task or other activity that is pleasant or, by extension, easy or simple.
- Sure, no problem. It'll be a piece of cake.
- Dennis's enthusiasm was difficult for Ryan to manage, but Javier's angsty Victorian-era man-pain is a piece of cake.2014, Dominique Frost, In the Blaze of His Hungers, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- breeze, cakewalk, child's play, cinch, doddle, duck soup, walk in the park, walkover, bagatelle, waltz
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see piece, cake.
piece of cake meaning in Urdu, Arabic and Malay
piece of cake in Urdu
- آسان کام, الٹے ہاتھ کا کام
piece of cake in Arabic
- simple or easy job
- بَسِيطَة basīṭa, لُقْمَة سَائِغَة
piece of cake in Malay
- simple or easy job
- kacang
Synonyms of piece of cake
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Forms of piece of cake
| plural | pieces of cake |
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Origin of piece of cake
Attested since 1936, originally in American English. Possibly from cakewalk, or the notion of facility that derives from many cakes having agreeable tastes, and hence being ‘easy’ to consume. Compare French être du gâteau (literally “to be a cake”), être de la tarte (literally “to be a pie”), both meaning "to be easy, to be a piece of cake".
Questions about piece of cake
- What does piece of cake mean?
- Piece of cake means a job, task or other activity that is pleasant or, by extension, easy or simple.
- What is piece of cake in Urdu?
- Piece of cake in Urdu is آسان کام, الٹے ہاتھ کا کام. See Piece of cake meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is piece of cake?
- Piece of cake is a noun.
- How do you pronounce piece of cake?
- Piece of cake is pronounced /ˈpiːsə(v)ˈkeɪk/.
- What is the plural of piece of cake?
- The plural of piece of cake is pieces of cake.
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