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piece of cake

piece of cake {adj.}, {slang}

Easy.

The final exam was a piece of cake.

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[piece] See: [BY THE PIECE], [CONVERSATION PIECE], [GIVE A PIECE OF ONE'S MIND], [GO TO PIECES], [OF A PIECE], [PIECE OF CAKE], [SAY ONE'S PIECE] or [SPEAK ONE'S PIECE], [TO […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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