"piece of piss" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-piece of piss.ogg [Australia] Forms: pieces of piss [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|pieces of piss}} piece of piss (plural pieces of piss)
  1. (vulgar, British, New Zealand, Australian slang) Something easy to achieve. Tags: Australian, British, New-Zealand, slang, vulgar Synonyms: cinch, piece of cake Related terms: easy as ABC, easy as pie, like falling off a log, like taking candy from a baby
    Sense id: en-piece_of_piss-en-noun-mgOS-FTm Categories (other): Australian English, British English, English entries with incorrect language header, New Zealand English

Inflected forms

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