a piece of cake
/ə ˌpiːs əv ˈkeɪk/INFORMAL · B2
Meaning
something that is very easy to do
Examples
- 1Don't worry about the driving test — after all that practice, it'll be a piece of cake.
- 2Setting up the new printer was a piece of cake; it took me five minutes.
- 3The first level was a piece of cake, but the last one took me all weekend.
- 4Was the interview a piece of cake, or did they ask you lots of tricky questions?
- 5For Aisha, who grew up speaking Spanish at home, the Spanish exam was a piece of cake.
Grammar
Usually after be. Keep a and the singular piece; as a short reply on its own, piece of cake drops the article.
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