piece of cake

English

Etymology

Attested since 1936, originally in American English. The notion of facility probably derives from many cakes having agreeable tastes, and hence ‘easy’ to consume.

A piece of cake

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈpiːsə(v)ˈkeɪk/

Noun

a piece of cake

1. Used other than as an idiom: see piece,‎ cake.
2. (idiomatic) A job, task or other activity that is pleasant – or, by extension, easy or simple.

   Sure, no problem. It'll be a piece of cake.

Synonyms

• (an activity that is easy): breeze, cakewalk, child's play, cinch, doddle, duck soup, walk in the park, walkover
• See also Wikisaurus:easy thing

Translations

simple or easy job

• Arabic: بسيطَة f, لقمَة سائغَة f
• Armenian: խաղ ու պար ‎(xał u par)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 非常容易的事 ‎(fēicháng róngyì de shì), 小菜一碟 (zh) ‎(xiǎocàiyīdié), 易如反掌 (zh) ‎(yìrúfǎnzhǎng)

• Czech: hračka (cs) f
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: käkitegu
• Finnish: helppo nakki (fi)
• French: du gâteau (fr)
• German: Kinderspiel (de) n, Pillepalle (de) f
• Hebrew: משחק ילדים (he) ‎(miskhak yeladim (lit., child's play))
• Hungarian: gyerekjáték (hu)
• Icelandic: ekkert mál (is), barnaleikur (is)
• Italian: gioco da ragazzi, una cosa da niente
• Japanese: 朝飯前 (ja) ‎(あさめしまえ, asameshimae)

• Korean: 누워서 떡 먹기 (ko) ‎(nuwoseo tteog meokki)
• Norwegian: barnemat
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: bułka z masłem (pl)
• Portuguese: to be a piece of cake: ser moleza
• Romanian: floare la ureche
• Russian: про́ще пареной репы (ru) ‎(próšče parenoj repy) (lit., "simpler than stew turnip"), раз плю́нуть (ru) ‎(raz pljúnutʹ) (lit., "just to spit once"), как два пальца обоссать (ru) ‎(kak dva palʹca obossatʹ) (lit., "like to piss onto two fingers")
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ма̏чјӣ ка̏шаљ

  Roman: mȁčjī kȁšalj (sh)

• Slovak: bufet m
• Spanish: coser y cantar, bicoca (es) f, pan comido (es), papita pal loro
• Swedish: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: (lit. child's toy) çocuk oyuncağı (tr)
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can