The Idioms Celebrations

The Idioms “Celebrations”

Form 9

Sell like hot cakes

Meaning:

to be bought quickly and in large numbers

Synonyms:

• go like hot cakes;
• be popular;
• be in demand;
• be bought

Example sentences:

• His new video game is apparently selling like hot cakes.
• Copies of the book are selling like hot cakes.
• These bags sell like hot cakes.

Idiom Scenario:

Two colleagues are talking ...

Colleague 1: Any way we can speed up production?

Colleague 2: Why?

Colleague 1: Our customers are reporting that the product is selling like hotcakes. They can't keep it on the shelves.

Colleague 2: But we are already shipping three times what we normally would.

Colleague 1: Sales are booming. We need more product.

The icing on the cake

Meaning:

something that makes

a good situation even better or

a bad situation even worse

Synonyms:

• the frosting on the cake (American);
• a cherry on top;
• to top it all;
• the last straw

Example sentences:

• The athlete received a gold medal and the icing on the cake was that he also received a sponsorship deal.
• I got fired from my job, but the icing on the cake was when it started to rain while I was walking home.
• Not only was I offered a higher salary, but the additional bonus I got was the icing on the cake.

Charity Vance- Icing Lyrics

You are the icing on my cake  You are the smile I can't replace You are You are  The way you smile and the way you laugh The way I can't help but catch your joy - your joy Metaphorically, this song just says one thing I love you That’s what I'm telling you and there's no irony because I say what I mean I love you I love you You are the minutes of my time You are inspiration to this rhyme You are and you are You are the apple of my eye The sweet sunshine in the sky You are and you are OH OH OH OH (4x)

Be a piece of cake

Meaning:

  very easy to do

Synonyms:

• a cakewalk
• a breeze
• a snap trick
• a cinch
• a no-brainer
• as easy as shelling pears
• as easy as a pie
• no sweat
• duck soup

Example sentences:

• That job was a piece of cake. It was the easiest thing that I ever did.
• We played against a child. It was

a piece of cake!

• I got an A. The exam was a piece of cake.

Mimi Piece of Cake

To feel like both the tortoise and the hare

To feel like the hunter and the prey

All is fair game in love and war

So I think what would Superman do if he were me

He'd start running and head for the hills

Well, well, well no, no, not me

I sit and blink to erase the view

But there's still visions of voodoo and you

I dance to ward off the hounds of hell and yell

Life is a piece of cake

Who's that girl so tough and acting rough and ready

She's biting on weeks old candied necklace saying

"Blah la la, my words wander. My mouth has run dry.

Have a cake and eat it

Meaning:

to have or do two good things at the same time that are impossible to have or do at the same time

Synonym:

between two stools

Example sentences:

• You want to spend your money and still have it. You can't have your cake and eat it too!
• I worked at home so I could raise my family and still earn money. It let me have my cake and eat it too.
• If you want a senior consultant to work here, you must pay the salary she demands. You cannot have your cake and eat it too.

Ike & Tina Turner – You can’t have your cake & eat it too

Ikettes: You can't have your cake and eat it too

What's your choice between the two?

Now what you're gonna do hmm hmm?

Now what you're gonna do?

You can't go left when you're turning right

You can't love me and be with her every night

You can't have your cake and eat it too

What's your choice between the two?

Now what you're gonna do hmm hmm?

Put the words eat, hot, piece, icing:

• 1. Her new CD sells like ___ cakes.
• 2. His birthday was fantastic. He got lots of cards and presents but the ___ on the cake was the surprise party his friends threw for him.
• 3. You can organize the party. It will be a ___ of cake for you.
• 4. Sarah wants to go away for her birthday but she also wants to have a big party with all her friends. It sounds to me like she wants to have her cake and ___ it.