Idiom: Piece of cake (meaning, examples, origin, pronunciation)

A piece of cake is something easy to do.

Example 1: I thought I was going to fail the test, but it was a piece of cake!

Example 2: The job was a piece of cake. It was easy to sweep the floor.

Origin: There was a tradition in the US slavery states where slaves participated in 'cake walks' where couples performed a dance mocking the mannerisms of their masters. The most graceful couple would receive a cake as a prize which came to be known among the slaves as something very easy to obtain.

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