cream in the can

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cream in the can (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Something that is under control; a sure thing.
    • 1929, The Kadelpian Review - Volume 9, page 128:
      If you can't enliven your conversation with such potent expressions as, "It's cream in the can, baby," " Boop, boop, a doop," why you're absolutely undated.
    • 1973, Donald W. McCaffrey, The Golden Age of Sound Comedy, page 14:
      […] spoke of the success they would have on the road with a new show: "It's cream in the can!" Inarticulate Jed struggled: " Eh, Eh, Eh (then desperately finished) It's in the can!"
    (Can we find and add a quotation of The Broadway Melody to this entry?)
    Why, it's cream in the can, baby!
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