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Piece of cake

//ˈpiːsə(v)ˈkeɪk// noun

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    any undertaking that is easy to do wordnet
  3. 3
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see piece, cake.

Etymology

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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