pick

cake

See:

EAT-ONE'S CAKE AND HAVE IT TOO,

PAT-A-CAKE,

TAKE THE CAKE.

No categories:

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

'cake' on video

Subscribe to: American Idioms

English Slang

✉

Get site updates @:

See as well

take the cake

[take the cake] {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To take the first prize; be the best; rank first. * /Mr. Jones takes the cake as a storyteller./ 2. To be the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

eat one's cake and have it too

[eat one's cake and have it too] {v. phr.} To use or spend something and still keep it; have both when you must choose one of two things. Often used […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

pat-a-cake

[pat-a-cake] {n.} A clapping game that keeps time to a nursery rhyme. * /Mother played pat-a-cake with the baby./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

have one's cake and eat it too

[have one's cake and eat it too] {v. phr.} To enjoy two opposite advantages. * /You can either spend your money going to Europe or save it for a down […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Recent updates:

bless one's heart

[bless one's heart] {v. phr.} To thank someone; consider one the cause of something good that has happened. * /Aunt Jane, […]

lady-killer

[lady-killer] {n.}, {informal} 1. Any man who has strong sex appeal toward women. * /Joe is a regular lady-killer./ 2. A […]

Albert Einstein

The problems that exist in the world today cannot be solved by the level of thinking that created them.

JW, J/W

[JW, J/W] "Just wondering"

Do you Speak English? - funny commercial

They say this is the way you would hear in France :)

make a difference

[make a difference] or [make the difference] {v. phr.} To change the nature of something or a situation; be important; matter. […]

sewed up

[sewed up] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Won or arranged as you wish; decided. * /They thought they had the game sewed up, but the […]

Dave Barry

U.S. humorist There is a fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness.