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Pie, cake ?
I was watching the movie "2010" where an American was correcting a Russian in the use of the phrases "easy as pie" and "a piece of cake" and wondered if anyone knew the origins of these phrases ?
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[/nq] In French, it's the same, we say "c'est du gâteau" to say "it's easy" but I did not find the origin of this phrase
- [/nq] In French, it's the same, we say "c'est du gâteau" to say "it's easy" but I did not find the origin of this phrase
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[nq:1]I was watching the movie "2010" where an American was correcting a Russian in the use of the phrases "easy as pie" and "a piece of cake" and wondered if anyone knew the origins of these phrases ?[/nq]
In French, it's the same, we say "c'est du gâteau" to say "it's easy" but I did not find the origin of this phrase
In French, it's the same, we say "c'est du gâteau" to say "it's easy" but I did not find the origin of this phrase
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[nq:1]I was watching the movie "2010" where an American was correcting a Russian in the use of the phrases "easy as pie" and "a piece of cake" and wondered if anyone knew the origins of these phrases ?[/nq]
Piece of cake appears to be WW2 RAF (British) slang, or at least became widely-known through RAF usage.
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
Piece of cake appears to be WW2 RAF (British) slang, or at least became widely-known through RAF usage.
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
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[nq:1]I was watching the movie "2010" where an American was correcting a Russian in the use of the phrases "easy as pie" and "a piece of cake" and wondered if anyone knew the origins of these phrases ?[/nq]
John Ciardi cites it as WWII RAF slang: " 1. Said of something as easy and pleasant as eating a piece of cake, as, for instance, a successful bombing mission that takes few or no losses. An
John Ciardi cites it as WWII RAF slang: " 1. Said of something as easy and pleasant as eating a piece of cake, as, for instance, a successful bombing mission that takes few or no losses. An
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[nq:2]I was watching the movie "2010" where an American was ... wondered if anyone knew the origins of these phrases ?[/nq]
[nq:1]John Ciardi cites it as WWII RAF slang: " 1. Said of something as easy and pleasant as eating a ... then, with the British stiff-upper-lip sense-reversal: 2. A disastrously ****** engagement." Have not seen 2010. What did the American say?[/nq]
2010, Stanley Kub
[nq:1]John Ciardi cites it as WWII RAF slang: " 1. Said of something as easy and pleasant as eating a ... then, with the British stiff-upper-lip sense-reversal: 2. A disastrously ****** engagement." Have not seen 2010. What did the American say?[/nq]
2010, Stanley Kub
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[nq:1]I was watching the movie "2010" where an American was correcting a Russian in the use of the phrases "easy as pie" and "a piece of cake" and wondered if anyone knew the origins of these phrases ?[/nq]
Google : expression + "piece of cake"
http://phrases.shu.ac.uk/bulletin
Google : expression + "piece of cake"
http://phrases.shu.ac.uk/bulletin
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[nq:2]I was watching the movie "2010" where an American was ... wondered if anyone knew the origins of these phrases ?[/nq]
[nq:1]Google : expression + "piece of cake" http://phrases.shu.ac.uk/bulletin board/8/messages/351.html ... "piece of cake/easy as pie ? The two expressions
[nq:1]Google : expression + "piece of cake" http://phrases.shu.ac.uk/bulletin board/8/messages/351.html ... "piece of cake/easy as pie ? The two expressions
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