American Idioms and Expressions

A Piece Of Cake Idiom

This database is a comprehensive collection of all the American idioms and slang available. American Idioms are many and varied. We hope you enjoy our collection. We are adding more all the time. .

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a piece of cake
What does a piece of cake mean?		 easyThat job was a piece of cake. It was the easiest thing that I ever did.

Some Random Idioms
a match for (someone)
What does "a match for (someone)" mean?		 equal to someone in a contestThe German soccer team was a match for the Brazilian team.
brush up on (something)
What does "brush up on (something)" mean?		 to review something that one has already learned I am going to brush up on my English before my trip to New York.

bring (something) off
What does "bring (something) off" mean?		 to achieve somethingWe were unable to bring off a deal to buy the new computer system for our company.
throw money at (something)
What does "throw money at (something)" mean?		 to spend a lot of money for a project or something without thinking about how the money should be spentThe city plans to throw a lot of money at the project to fix the stadium roof.
knock down the price of (something) or knock the price of (something) down
What does "knock down the price of (something) or knock the price of (something) down" mean?		 to lower the price of something I bargained hard so that I could knock down the price of the DVD player.

actions speak louder than words
What does "actions speak louder than words" mean?		 what you do is more important than what you sayThe politician promised to do many things but he never did anything. But actions speak louder than words and he lost the next election.
bust
What does "bust" mean?		police raid (on a criminal hideout, drug lab, etc.)
go postal
What does "go postal" mean?		 go berserk; go crazy; become violent
once in a while
What does "once in a while" mean?		 occasionally, infrequentlyWe only go to that small Mexican restaurant once in a while.
lose one`s shirt
What does "lose one`s shirt" mean?		 to lose all or most of one`s moneyI lost my shirt in a small business and now I have no money.
like lambs to the slaughter
What does "like lambs to the slaughter" mean?		 quietly do something without realizing the danger/difficulties of the situationThe local basketball team went like lambs to the slaughter to meet the best team in the country.
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