This phrase is of American origin. At least, the earliest citation of it that I can find is from the American poet and humorist Ogden Nash'sPrimrose Path, 1936:
"Her picture's in the papers now, And life's a piece of cake."
The choice of cake or pie as a symbol of ease and pleasantry is well represented in the language. Other phrases along the same lines include "as easy as pie, or " a cake walk"
The idiom "piece of cake" originated in the mid-19th century, initially as "piece of gΓ’teau," from the French word for cake. It is used to refer to a task or activity that is very easy or simple to accomplish, likening it to the ease of eating a piece of cake.
Certainly! Idioms are expressions that have figurative meanings different from their literal meanings. Some common idioms include "barking up the wrong tree," "piece of cake," and "kick the bucket."
"a piece of cake"
"To come off" can mean several things. Accordingly such a sentence should be created based on that meaning. For example "the ink on that shirt is not going to come off easily." "I don't mean to come off strong, but I am smitten of you." "She is going to come off the stage shortly. When she does so you can tell her. " …And so on.
An idiom can also be called a figure of speech or a saying.
The idiom "scream your lungs out" is a figurative way to describe yelling or shouting loudly. It likely originates from the intense and unrestrained nature of shouting so loudly that it feels like one's lungs are being exerted to the maximum extent.
An example for the use of the idiom 'it's a piece of cake' is: I can run that 100 yard sprint, it'll be a piece of cake'.
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Margret couldn't unscrew the jar lid, but I found it a piece of cake.
"A piece of cake" means something is very simple for someone to do. Example: I found chemistry difficult, but for Kris, it was a piece of cake.
Life Is Sometimes Hard
IT means something easy like the idiom piece of cake
He though that climbing the tree would be a piece of cake until he fell out of it and broke his leg.
"A piece of cake" "A cakewalk" "No problem" "Easily done" "A pleasure"
A piece of cake, is to say that something is easy to do. For instance, it is a piece of cake for someone trained in gymnastics to do a somersault.
No, "piece of cake" is an idiom, not a simile. It means that something is very easy to do. A simile is a figure of speech that compares two things using "like" or "as," such as "as brave as a lion."
ogden Nash wrote it in primrose path 1936 her pictures in the papers now & lifes a piece of cake
icing on the cake