"sweet as pie" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-sweet as pie.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} sweet as pie (not comparable)
  1. (simile) Extremely sweet (in the sense of cute, lovely). Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-sweet_as_pie-en-adj-pDY3JM0v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English similes

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