🗓️ Idiom: A Cakewalk (n)
💬 Meaning
- Something that is very easy to do.
- It refers to a task or process that requires little effort or causes no difficulty.
🧠 Example Sentences
- After all the planning, the final phase of the project was a cakewalk.
- Compared to last year’s system update, this one was a cakewalk.
- The transition to the new platform was a cakewalk thanks to good preparation.
🏛️ Origin
The idiom comes from a 19th-century dance contest where the winner received a cake. It was meant to be easy and fun, and today the phrase means something simple or effortless.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
After all the training and testing, the software launch was __________.
Answer
a cakewalk
2. Choose the correct meaning of “a cakewalk”:
A) A process that takes months
B) Something very easy to do
C) A complicated decision
D) A risky business move
Answer
B) Something very easy to do
3. Rewrite the sentence using the idiom:
“The system upgrade was much easier than we expected.” → Change the sentence using: a cakewalk
Answer
The system upgrade was a cakewalk.
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Rob is a CELTA qualified English teacher with 15 years of international experience. He has a BSc and PGDip from Loughborough and St Andrews universities in the UK. He has taught in Thailand and Saudi Arabia and now works with professionals worldwide.
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