Idiom

A Piece of Cake

Meaning: Something very easy to do.

How to use it

Use it about tasks, tests or jobs that were, or will be, easy. It’s casual and friendly, and common in conversation and at work. People often say “It was a piece of cake” or “That’ll be a piece of cake.” As a short reply on its own, “Piece of cake” is fine.

Examples

A common mistake

Keep the whole phrase in a sentence: It was a piece of cake, not “It was a cake” or “It was cake piece.”

Where it comes from

It appeared in the 1930s; the American poet Ogden Nash used “life’s a piece of cake” in 1936. Some connect it to 19th-century “cakewalk” contests, where the prize was a cake, but that link isn’t proven.

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Source: Grammar Monster

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