piece of cake

English

Etymology

c. 1930

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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): bagatelle, breeze, cakewalk, child's play, cinch, doddle, duck soup, walk in the park, walkover
• See also Wikisaurus:easy

Translations

simple or easy job

• Arabic: بسيطة f, لقمة سائغة f
• Chinese: trad. and simpl. 非常容易的事 (pinyin: fēichángróngyìdeshì), trad. and simpl. 容易得很 (pinyin: róngyìdehěn), trad. 輕鬆的事, simpl. 轻松的事 (pinyin: qīngsōngdeshì),小菜一碟 | xiaocai yidie
• Czech: hračka (cs) f
• Estonian: käkitegu
• Finnish: helppo nakki (fi)
• French: du gâteau (fr)
• German: Kinderspiel (de) n
• 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)

• Norwegian: barnemat
• Polish: bułka z masłem (pl)
• Portuguese: to be a piece of cake: ser moleza
• Russian: проще пареной репы (ru) (prošče parenoj repy) (lit., "simpler than stew turnip"), раз плюнуть (ru) (raz pljunutʹ) (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

• Slovak: bufet m
• Spanish: coser y cantar, bicoca f, pan comido (es), papita pal loro
• Turkish: (lit. child's toy) çocuk oyuncağı (tr)