A Piece of Cake

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🗓️ Idiom: A Piece of Cake (n)

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💬 Meaning

• Something that is very easy to do.
• A task or activity that requires little effort or skill.

🧠 Example Sentences

• Creating the presentation was a piece of cake with the new template.
• For an experienced salesperson, that client pitch was a piece of cake.
• Explaining our product benefits is a piece of cake once you know the script.

🏛️ Origin

This idiom likely originated from the idea of cake being something enjoyable and easy to consume, eventually evolving into a metaphor for simplicity.

📝 Practice Exercises

1. Fill in the blank:

For our marketing team, preparing the launch was a __________.

Answer

piece of cake

2. Choose the correct meaning of “a piece of cake”:

A) Complicated task
B) Very easy task
C) Sweet business deal

Answer

B) Very easy task

3. Rewrite the sentence using the idiom:

“Creating the ad was very easy.” → Change the sentence using: a piece of cake

Answer

Creating the ad was a piece of cake.

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ℹ️ Other Useful Pages

👉 Marketing and Sales Idioms
👉 Business English Idioms List
👉 Student Space
👉 Tutor Toolkit

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