"like hot cakes" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

Audio: En-au-like hot cakes.ogg
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  1. (simile, colloquial) Quickly, especially by purchase or consumption. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Business Related terms: sell like hot cakes Translations (quickly): kuin kuumille kiville (Finnish), comme des petits pains (French), mint a cukrot (Hungarian), jak świeże bułeczki (Polish), jak ciepłe bułeczki (Polish), jak woda (Polish), como panes calientes (Spanish), como churros (Spanish), como rosquillas (Spanish), som smör i solsken (Swedish)
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          "sense": "quickly",
          "word": "kuin kuumille kiville"
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      "sense": "quickly",
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      "sense": "quickly",
      "word": "jak woda"
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