piece of cake

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1. 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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piece of cake

I’ll give you a piece of cake, and you can give me some fruit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

If you have $2 million in investments, affording a $1 million home would be a piece of cake.

From MarketWatch ● May 11, 2026

Then again, if one’s chosen art seems especially out of reach, life is no piece of cake either.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026

She has now made a full recovery and said “the side-effects of chemo are a piece of cake compared to the side-effects of holistic ways of healing”.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2024

If it was Tommy, she’d be asking him how university’s treating him, offering him a Coke or a piece of cake.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

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