"easy as pie" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-easy as pie.ogg [Australia]
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  1. (simile, colloquial) Very easy. Tags: colloquial Synonyms: easy Related terms: piece of cake Translations (very easy): erraz-erraza (Basque), 易如反掌 (Yìrúfǎnzhǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 得来全不费功夫 (Dé lái quán bù fèi gōngfū) (Chinese Mandarin), een fluitje van een cent (Dutch), helppoa kuin heinänteko (Finnish), simple comme bonjour (French), kinderleicht (German), facile come bere un bicchiere d'acqua (Italian), bułka z masłem (Polish), floare la ureche (Romanian), про́ще па́реной ре́пы (próšče párenoj répy) (english: easier than stewed turnip) (Russian), раз плю́нуть (raz pljúnutʹ) (english: to spit once) (Russian), как два па́льца обосса́ть (kak dva pálʹca obossátʹ) (english: like pissing on two fingers) [vulgar] (Russian), lätt som en plätt (Swedish), çocuk oyuncağı (Turkish), kopkolay (Turkish)

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