I mean, how did it become to mean "Easy to do"?
2006-08-08 00:40:07 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Cake is one of the easiest things to eat - and one of the most pleasant ... especially if it's moist, dark chocolate with thick chocolate filling and a chocolate icing, maybe with cherries ... I am going all dizzy!
Here are some interesting thoughts on it: http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/41/messages/241.html
Maybe the best explanation is:
"piece of cake/easy as pie - The two expressions are remarkably alike in meaning. 'As easy as pie' is an American expression. Back in the 1890s 'pie' was a common slang expression meaning anything easy, a cinch; the expression easy as pie stemmed quite readily from that. A 'piece of cake' has a somewhat more devious history. According to the Oxford Dictionary, it first appeared in print in a work by Ogden Nash, who wrote in 1936: 'Her picture's in the papers now, and life's a piece of cake.' But, if it first turned up in America, it was swiftly adopted by British airmen in World War II. In 1943 the author of 'Spitfires over Malta' wrote: 'The mass raids promised to be a 'piece of cake' and we expected to take a heavy toll.' Certainly 'piece of cake' was more originally more popular in Britain than in the United States."
2006-08-08 00:43:35 · answer #1 · answered by Owlwings 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Chop chop" is a phrase rooted in Cantonese. It spread through Chinese workers at sea. It was adopted by English seamen.[1] "Chop chop" refers to "hurry, hurry" and means something should be done now, advance and without any delay. The word "chopsticks" likely originates from this root.[2] This term may have its origins in the South China Sea, as a Pidgin English version of the Chinese term k'wâi-k'wâi (Chinese: 快快; pinyin: kuài kuài).[1] Or it may come from Malay. See the detailed discussion at Language Log
2016-03-27 03:29:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The French?
2006-08-08 00:44:07 · answer #3 · answered by Gigit 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a word that describes somethingt that a person did good.Also if a piece cake is sweet what you did is sweet.
2006-08-08 00:44:14 · answer #4 · answered by LovelyTracy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because a piece of cake is easy to do (eat), its a comparison.
2006-08-08 00:53:25 · answer #5 · answered by Caveman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You would think it would be a cakewalk to find out the answer, but I think it wont be a pie in the sky answer
2006-08-08 01:39:28 · answer #6 · answered by dr strangelove 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well heres another expression "I'm beating my brain" and I dont know where it came from
2006-08-08 00:43:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It came from the man that ate all the pies. He was still hungary.
2006-08-08 00:44:04 · answer #8 · answered by Chris 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-08-08 00:48:10 · answer #9 · answered by Wizard of Oz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in relation to wurzell gummage and aunt sally ,she was easy to do.lol
2006-08-08 00:47:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋