piece of cake

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A job, task or other activity that is pleasant or, by extension, easy or simple. idiomatic
    — Sure, no problem. It'll be a piece of cake.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see piece, cake.

词形变化

pieces of cake plural

词源

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".
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