4. Examples
• The exam was a piece of cake.
• Glad to help. It was a piece of cake.
• Grammar is my specialty. It’s a piece
of cake.
5. "Easy as ABC"
An idiom which means Something that is as
easy as ABC is very easy or simple.
6. Examples
• Learning how to use a computer is as
easy as ABC for the children.
• Our 101 English course is as easy as
ABC.
• That exam was as easy as ABC.
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8. As easy as pie
• It is used to describe a task or experience as
pleasurable and simple. The idiom does not
refer to the making of a pie, but rather to the
act of consuming a pie ("as easy as eating a
pie")
9. Examples:
• You make everything sound as easy
as pie, Lama.
• Setting up the printer was as easy as
pie.
10.
11. A hard/tough nut (to crack)
• Meaning:
• A difficult problem or person
to deal with.
12. Examples:
• This assignment is a hard nut to
crack.
• It won't be easy getting mom’s
approval; she's a tough nut to
crack.
14. A ball of fire
Meaning:
A person with great energy
15. • Examples:
• The trainer will have to be a ball
of fire to get this football team to
play well.
• I hope Linda joins our group ;
she's a real ball of fire.
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17. Meaning:
to be very busy or very active
Example:
• She's as busy as a bee, always going
to meetings and organizing parties.
23. • I had butterflies in my stomach
when I went to see the dentist.
• I had butterflies in my stomach
during my first few days at
college.
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27. Examples:
• "The weather was horrible on Saturday.
It was raining cats and dogs all day.”
• "It's really awful weather outside.
It's windy and is raining cats and dogs."