🍞 “a piece of cake”

What it means: Something very easy to do.

“Fixing the wiring was a piece of cake for the apprentice.”

Where it comes from

1930s American, from cake-eating contests — the prize went to whoever finished longest, and cake is not fast work. It replaced the older piece of bread.

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