A Piece of Cake (A popular English idiom) | Learn American English in 1 Minute a Day

A piece of cake is a common English idiom to describe something that's easy to do. Check out the video for even more details about it. A piece of cake meaning: Something that's easy to do. A piece of cake origin: From the 1870's. Cakes were often given as prizes during competitions and at fairs so that's why they're associated with something being easy to do. A piece of cake examples: That project? Don't even worry about it. It's a piece of cake. That homework is a piece of cake. It'll only take you 10 minutes. ---------------------- Check out this English slang expression: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBmzzg2myEk ---------------------- Want to find out more? Check out: https://eslspeaking.org/american-english-idioms/ The Big Book of American Idioms: https://amzn.to/3o6YxZi https://www.facebook.com/eslspeaking https://www.pinterest.ca/eslspeaking/ #englishidioms #learnenglishwithjackie #idioms #englishidiomsandphrases #learnenglish ----------------------- Learn English here: https://eslspeaking.org/confusing-words-in-english/ ----------------------- More English idioms from @Shaw English Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG2UPJGedw0 ----------------------- Transcript: Hey everybody, this is Jackie from eslspeaking.org. Today's idiom is, a piece of cake. A piece of cake. A piece of cake means something that is very easy to do. For example, if I'm talking to my friend, I might say, "I'm so worried about my driver's license test." My friend says, "Oh don't worry, it's a piece of cake. Or, if my friend is talking about maybe they have a difficult math exam tomorrow i can say, "No problem, it'll be a piece of cake." Alright, if you like this video please be sure to check out my book: The Big Book of American Idioms. I'll put the link down below.