English is a piece of cake -

No I am not talking about the tempting cake we so often find at the bakeries. I am talking about an idiom, “a piece of cake”. What are idioms you may ask? Idioms are used to express something that other words do not express clearly. To effectively communicate our point we use images or symbols in a language and idioms are a significant part of it.

The word idiom originates from a French word ‘idiome’. Idiom is more than just a colloquial expression and is used much more commonly in speaking rather than writing. An idiom is a group of words which when put together have a different meaning from the meaning of individual words. Idioms make English much more fun and interesting to speak.

So today I am going to give you a list of 6 most commonly used idioms which are not only just easy but also very useful in our daily lives.

A piece of cake- means something very easy to do. For example, someone is very good at acting. We can say this in two ways. We can say,” It is very easy for Ram to act”, or we can say, “Acting is a piece of cake for Ram”. The only thing you have to keep on mind while using this one is that whatever you are talking about, dancing, painting, cooking, skating and so on, you have to keep it at the beginning of the sentence. Let’s take another example, “ Mathematics is a piece of cake for Nick”. In other words Nick is very good at math. See it’s so easy to use. So what is A PIECE OF CAKE for you?

Apple pie order– this idiom means something that is very organized. An example of this would be, “My uncle keeps his house in an apple pie order”. You must remember to use in and an before “apple”. For instance, “hotels are always kept in an apple pie order”.

One smart cookie-it means a very intelligent person. When you want to say to someone, “you are very intelligent”, you can say, “You are one smart cookie”. So next time you wish to compliment someone on their intelligence you know what to say.
Bread and butter- it means your job or anything that brings you money. For example, “Farming is my bread and butter’. So what is your BREAD AND BUTTER?
In the soup- it means to be in a difficult situation. It can be something where you might be punished or just dangerous, otherwise. If you lose your bag containing all your important documents you could say, “I am in the soup. I have lost my bag”. Have you ever been IN THE SOUP?
In a nutshell- it means to put something simply. The best example for this would be, “In a nutshell, learning and speaking idioms is a lot of fun.”
So go on and try these new idioms the next time you wish to showcase your expertise in English.
Would love to hear from you in the comments about your favourite idioms.