Idiom of the Day
a piece of cake
小菜一碟,小事一樁
British English
Today: Fri, 28 Aug 2020
Meaning:
If you say that something is a piece of cake, you mean that it is extremely easy.
如果您說某事是a piece of cake「小菜一碟」,那就意味著它很容易完成。
For example:
I finished my exam 30 minutes early. It was a piece of cake!
我提前30分鐘完成了答完試卷。 真是a piece of cake「小菜一碟」!
Compared to learning Japanese, learning Indonesian was a piece of cake. It's a much simpler language.
比起日語,學習印尼語簡直是a piece of cake「小菜一碟」。 這是一種非常簡單的語言。
Variety:
This idiom is typically used in British English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
該習語通常用在英式英語中,但也可以用在其他種英語裡。
Quick Quiz
Her homework was a piece of cake because
a. the house was very quiet
b. it was filled with nuts
c. it was so easy to do
答案:c