cake /keɪk/► SEE ALLhave your cake and eat ita share/slice of the caketake the biscuitthe icing on the cakea piece of cake ●have your cake and ˈeat it (BrE) ( have your cake and eat it tooNAmE, BrE) (informal) (often used with can’t通常与 can't 连用) enjoy the advantages of two things that cannot exist together鱼与熊掌兼得；同时兼得两件不相容的事物的好处◆‘I’ll have no money at all left after this holiday.’ ‘But you’re having a great time, aren’t you? You can’t have your cake and eat it!’ “度完这次假我什么钱也不会剩下了。”“但是你会玩得很开心，不是吗？鱼和熊掌不能兼得！”●a share/slice of the ˈcake (BrE) (NAmEa piece/share/slice of the ˈpie) a share of the benefits or profits分得的一份好处（或利益）◆Third-world countries are discovering how their natural resources have been exploited by the rest of the world and now they want a bigger slice of the cake. 第三世界国家逐渐发现他们的自然资源被其他国家开发利用，现在他们想要享有更大的份额。●take the ˈbiscuit (BrE) ( take the ˈcakeNAmE, BrE) (informal) be especially surprising, annoying, etc.极其惊人；十分讨厌◆Well, that really takes the biscuit! She asks if she can borrow the car, then keeps it for a month!哦，那真是太离谱了！她问能不能借车一用，结果却用了一个月！●the icing on the ˈcakesomething attractive, but not necessary, which is added to sth already very good装饰品；锦上添花◆The meal was perfect, the wonderful view from the restaurant the icing on the cake.食物无可挑剔，而餐厅外的美景更是锦上添花。●a piece of ˈcake (informal) (BrE alsoa piece of ˈpiss⚠, slang) (of a task, etc.任务等) very easy to do小菜一碟；不费吹灰之力◆After climbing mountains in the Swiss Alps, going up English hills is a piece of cake.攀登过了瑞士的阿尔卑斯山后，爬英国的小山简直是小菜一碟。◆Taking photos should be a piece of cake with the new camera I’ve got.有了新相机，拍起照来就不费吹灰之力了。OPPa tall order