piece of cake

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• /ˈpiːsə(v)ˈkeɪk/
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Attested since 1936, originally in American English. Possibly from cakewalk, or the notion of facility that derives from many cakes having agreeable tastes, and hence being ‘easy’ to consume. Compare French être du gâteau (literally “to be a cake”), être de la tarte (literally “to be a pie”), both meaning "to be easy, to be a piece of cake".

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: بَسِيطَة (basīṭa) — simple or easy job
• Arabic: لُقْمَة سَائِغَة — simple or easy job
• Armenian: խաղ ու պար (xaġ u par) — simple or easy job
• Catalan: bufar i fer ampolles — simple or easy job
• Chinese Mandarin: 非常容易的事 (fēicháng róngyì de shì) — simple or easy job
• Chinese Mandarin: 小菜一碟 (xiǎocàiyīdié) — simple or easy job
• Chinese Mandarin: 易如反掌 (yìrúfǎnzhǎng) — simple or easy job
• Chinese Mandarin: 小事一樁 /小事一桩 (xiǎoshì-yīzhuāng) — simple or easy job
• Czech: hračka — simple or easy job
• Czech: brnkačka — simple or easy job
• Danish: barnemad — simple or easy job
• Danish: barneleg — simple or easy job
• Dutch: eitje — simple or easy job
• Dutch: fluitje van een cent — simple or easy job
• Dutch: makkie — simple or easy job
• Estonian: käkitegu — simple or easy job
• Finnish: helppo nakki — simple or easy job
• Finnish: lastenleikki — simple or easy job
• French: jeu d'enfant — simple or easy job
• French: nougat — simple or easy job
• German: Kinderspiel — simple or easy job
• German: Pillepalle — simple or easy job
• German: Zuckerschlecken — simple or easy job
• German: Spaziergang — simple or easy job
• Hungarian: gyerekjáték — simple or easy job
• Icelandic: ekkert mál — simple or easy job
• Icelandic: barnaleikur — simple or easy job
• Italian: gioco da ragazzi — simple or easy job
• Italian: cosa da niente — simple or easy job
• Italian: come bere un bicchier d'acqua — simple or easy job
• Italian: gioco da bambini — simple or easy job
• Japanese: お茶の子 (o-cha-no ko) — simple or easy job
• Korean: 껌 (kkeom) — simple or easy job
• Malay: kacang — simple or easy job
• Norwegian Bokmål: barnemat — simple or easy job
• Norwegian Nynorsk: barnemat — simple or easy job
• Polish: bułka z masłem — simple or easy job
• Portuguese: moleza — simple or easy job
• Portuguese: mamão com açúcar — simple or easy job
• Portuguese: mel na chupeta — simple or easy job
• Portuguese: canja — simple or easy job
• Romanian: floare la ureche — simple or easy job
• Serbo-Croatian: ма̏чјӣ ка̏шаљ — simple or easy job
• Serbo-Croatian: mȁčjī kȁšalj — simple or easy job
• Slovak: bufet — simple or easy job
• Spanish: coser y cantar — simple or easy job
• Spanish: bicoca — simple or easy job
• Spanish: pan comido — simple or easy job
• Spanish: papita para el loro — simple or easy job
• Spanish: papa — simple or easy job
• Spanish: huevo — simple or easy job
• Spanish: papaya — simple or easy job
• Spanish: güira — simple or easy job
• Spanish: papayita — simple or easy job
• Swedish: baggis — simple or easy job
• Swedish: barnlek — simple or easy job
• Turkish: çocuk oyuncağı — simple or easy job
• Turkish: çantada keklik — simple or easy job