piece of cake

Idioms  

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

This last show, all I wanted was a giant piece of cake.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 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

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 ● Jul. 24, 2024

“You wagered a ham sandwich against a piece of cake? Boy, you know how much that meat is worth?”

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson

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