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Easy as Pie not difficult; requiring practically no effort

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I thought that getting my teacher to raise my grade would be as easy as pie. There are two similar modern idioms that mean extremely easy: "easy as pie" and "piece of cake." Why should they both relate to baked desserts? Perhaps to the people who coined the phrases, desserts were easier to make than other foods.

Idiom	Easy as Pie
Example	I thought that getting my teacher to raise my grade would be as easy as pie.
Meaning	not difficult; requiring practically no effort
Origin	There are two similar modern idioms that mean extremely easy: "easy as pie" and "piece of cake." Why should they both relate to baked desserts? Perhaps to the people who coined the phrases, desserts were easier to make than other foods.

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