English
Etymology
Attested since 1936, originally in American English.[1] Possibly from cakewalk , or the notion of facility that derives from many cakes having agreeable tastes, and hence being ‘easy’ to consume.
Pronunciation
Noun
piece of cake (plural pieces of cake )
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see piece , cake .
( 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
Translations
simple or easy job
Arabic: بسيطَة f , لقمَة سائغَة f
Armenian: խաղ ու պար (hy) ( xaġ u par )
Catalan: bufar i fer ampolles
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 , brnkačka 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 , come bere un bicchier d'acqua , gioco da bambini
Japanese: 朝飯前 (ja) ( あさめしまえ, asameshimae )
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Korean: 누워서 떡 먹기 (ko) ( nuwoseo tteog meokki )
Norwegian: barnemat (no)
Persian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: bułka z masłem (pl)
Portuguese: 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: barnlek (sv) c
Turkish: ( lit. child's toy ) çocuk oyuncağı (tr)
Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
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