like a knife through butter

like a (hot) knife through butter

Quickly and easily with very little effort required. (Used to describe both the physical and figurative act of cutting through something.) An industrial machine like that can cut through any material like a knife through butter. Because of his close connections with government officials, he was able to get through the bureaucratic red tape like a hot knife through butter.

like a (hot) knife through butter

very easily; without any resistance or difficulty.

like a knife through ˈbutter

(cut/go) through something hard easily: It went through the metal door like a knife through butter.

词组	like a knife through butter
释义	like a knife through butter like a (hot) knife through butter Quickly and easily with very little effort required. (Used to describe both the physical and figurative act of cutting through something.) An industrial machine like that can cut through any material like a knife through butter. Because of his close connections with government officials, he was able to get through the bureaucratic red tape like a hot knife through butter. See also: butter, knife, like, through Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. like a (hot) knife through butter very easily; without any resistance or difficulty. See also: butter, knife, like, through Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary like a knife through ˈbutter (cut/go) through something hard easily: It went through the metal door like a knife through butter. See also: butter, knife, like, through Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: like a (hot) knife through butter like a hot knife through butter cut through (something) like a (hot) knife through butter wouldn't cut hot butter cut at cut at (someone or something) knife cut away at (someone or something) cut with cut (someone or something) with (something)
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