cake

cakes and ale merrymaking.

1601William ShakespeareTwelfth Night Dost thou think because thou art virtuous there shall be no more cakes and ale?

you can't have your cake and eat it you can't enjoy both of two desirable but mutually exclusive alternatives. proverb

☞ The puzzlement sometimes caused by this formulation can be dispersed by reversing it: if you have eaten your cake, you no longer have it.

the cherry on the cake: seecherry.

the icing on the cake: seeicing.

a piece of cake something easily achieved. informal

sell (or go) like hot cakes be sold quickly and in large quantities.

a slice of the cake: seeslice.

take the cake: seetake.

☞ In most of these idioms cake is used as a metaphor for something pleasant or desirable.

词组	cake
释义	cake cakes and ale merrymaking. 1601William ShakespeareTwelfth Night Dost thou think because thou art virtuous there shall be no more cakes and ale? you can't have your cake and eat it you can't enjoy both of two desirable but mutually exclusive alternatives. proverb ☞ The puzzlement sometimes caused by this formulation can be dispersed by reversing it: if you have eaten your cake, you no longer have it. the cherry on the cake: seecherry. the icing on the cake: seeicing. a piece of cake something easily achieved. informal sell (or go) like hot cakes be sold quickly and in large quantities. a slice of the cake: seeslice. take the cake: seetake. ☞ In most of these idioms cake is used as a metaphor for something pleasant or desirable.
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