Definition
A job, task or other activity that is pleasant or, by extension, easy or simple.
Origins
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".
In Context
- "Sure, no problem. It'll be a piece of cake."
- "Dennis's enthusiasm was difficult for Ryan to manage, but Javier's angsty Victorian-era man-pain is a piece of cake."
Also Said As
- breeze
- cakewalk
- child's play
- cinch
- doddle
- duck soup
- walk in the park
- walkover
- bagatelle
- waltz
- breeze
- cake and gingerbread
- cakewalk
- child's play
- cinch
- doddle
- doss
- duck soup
- easy pickings
- gimme
- layup
- low-hanging fruit
- no-brainer
- open and shut case
- picnic
- piece of cake
- piece of piss
- plain sailing
- plane sailing
- slam dunk
- snap
- walk in the park
- walkover