sell like hot cakes
/ˌsel laɪk ˌhɒt ˈkeɪks/INFORMAL · C2
SA FILIPINO
Walang direktang katumbas
Kahulugan
to be bought quickly by a lot of people
Mabilis na maubos dahil maraming bumibili.
Mga halimbawa
- 1The tickets for the summer festival sold like hot cakes and were gone in an hour.
- 2Umbrellas always sell like hot cakes when it starts raining in town.
- 3Her first novel is selling like hot cakes, so the shop has ordered another hundred copies.
- 4Did your homemade lemonade sell like hot cakes at the school fair, or was there lots left?
- 5When the new phone came out, it sold like hot cakes and the shops ran out within days.
Grammar
Ang sell lang ang nagbabago ng anyo: sells, sold, selling. Nananatiling plural ang cakes. Ginagamit din ang go like hot cakes.
Iba pang idiom tungkol sa pagkain
Lahat ng 20 idiom at ang quiz ng paksa →walk on eggshellsmag-ingat nang husto para hindi masaktan ang damdamin ng ibamake your mouth waterpumukaw ng matinding gana dahil sa itsura, amoy o pag-iisip ng pagkainput all your eggs in one basketumasa nang lubos sa iisang plano o pagkakataonbite off more than you can chewsumubok na gumawa ng higit sa kayang gawinhave your cake and eat itmakuha ang dalawang kalamangang karaniwang hindi puwedeng pagsabayinhit the spotmaging eksaktong hinahanap, lalo na ang pagkain o inumin
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