piece of cake—said of smth. done easily, with little effort:
- Cycling in the hills was a piece of cake. It was the cobblestone streets that finally wore us out.
Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase slice of the cake—(also: slice of the pie) used of assets, profits, etc. to be apportioned or shared out:
- German labor may be about to demand a larger slice of the economic recovery cake.
pieces of the same cake—said of things that have the same characteristics or qualities:
- Both physical and psychological violation or bullying would be pieces of the same cake.