piece of cake
Something that is very easy to do.
Example: The test was a piece of cake.
A212 words · Elementary
Food Idioms vocabulary — A2
Food idioms for describing everyday situations, with phrases like piece of cake, cool as a cucumber and bring home the bacon borrowed from food and eating.
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12cool as a cucumber
Very calm and relaxed, even under pressure.
Example:
Despite the chaos, she stayed cool as a cucumber.
hot potato
A controversial subject that people prefer to avoid dealing with.
Example:
Salary cuts became a real hot potato at the meeting.
bring home the bacon
To earn the money that supports a family.
Example:
Both parents work hard to bring home the bacon.
bread and butter
The main way someone earns the money they need to live.
Example:
Teaching guitar lessons is his bread and butter.
the best thing since sliced bread
Something considered excellent, useful or exciting, especially something new.
Example:
He thinks his new phone is the best thing since sliced bread.
a big cheese
An important or powerful person in a company.
Example:
She's become a big cheese at the company since her promotion.
easy as pie
Very simple to do.
Example:
Fixing the bike tire was easy as pie.
packed like sardines
Crowded very tightly together in a small space.
Example:
We were packed like sardines on the rush-hour train.
the cherry on top
An extra good thing added to something that was already good.
Example:
Free dessert was the cherry on top of a great meal.
as sweet as honey
Very kind and pleasant, sometimes insincerely so.
Example:
She was as sweet as honey until the paperwork went wrong.
eat like a bird
To eat very little.
Example:
She would eat like a bird all week and then finish a whole pie.
