American Idiom: piece of cake
A piece of cake – means something easy or simple to do. It has nothing to do with cake.
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a piece of cake
I finished the math test in 20 minutes. It was a piece of cake.
A piece of cake – means something easy or simple to do. It has nothing to do with cake.
Here are example sentences :
I was told that the exam would be difficult, but it was a piece of cake. The exam was very easy.
Cooking spaghetti was a piece of cake. It’s one of the easiest dishes to cook.
Let’s do an exercise!
For each question, replace a word or words in a sentence with the idiom so that the meaning of the sentence is not changed. You have five seconds per question.
Question 1:
Homework was easy.
Homework was a piece of cake.
Question 2:
It’s doable, but it’s not easy for everyone.
It’s doable, but it’s not a piece of cake for everyone.
Practice makes perfect!
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More questions here!
Question 1:
My Math exam is very easy!
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Question 2:
Cooking eggs is very easy!
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