I know it is like "it is something very easy" but are they the same meaning or there is a difference?
2007-05-19 00:57:30 · 4 answers · asked by Freakme 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Sorry. My daughter's mistakenly, said it like this. It was "piece of cake" & "cup of tea".
It was a question from her English teacher in school.
English is not our mother language
2007-05-19 02:07:05 · update #1
Never heard of "piece of tea", either as an expression meaning "easy" or as a literal expression. Tea doesn't come in "pieces".
Another "easy" expression is "easy as pie". A tea expression is "it's (not) my cup of tea" meaning "it's something I just (don't) particularly like". I haven't heard of "cup of tea" meaning "easy".
2007-05-19 01:36:53 · answer #1 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One can not have a piece of tea.
To be a piece, something has to be a clearly definable, single mass.
For example, a piece of pie, a piece of timber, a piece of land, a piece of cake...
The expression 'It's a piece of cake" means "It's very easy".
2007-05-19 01:05:14 · answer #2 · answered by grammarhammer 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ive never heard of piece of tea
2007-05-19 01:05:49 · answer #3 · answered by wonderingstar 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The second one is stupid, impossible, and, ultimately, non-existent.
2007-05-19 01:51:02 · answer #4 · answered by Garden 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋