吃货看过来：8个与“馅饼蛋糕”相关的习语

　　1. 名列第一；优胜

　　Of all the hard-hearted women, she takes the cake.

　　女性中能像她那么铁石心肠的，恐怕再也没谁了。

　　2. eat humble¹ pie²

　　2.忍气吞声；低头认罪

　　I think I'm right, but if I'm wrong, I'll eat humble pie.

　　我觉得我是对的。不过如果能证明我错，我甘愿认罪。

　　3. go/sell like hot cakes

　　3. 热销，畅销

　　I'm sure this new line of coats will go like hot cakes.

　　我确信这种新款外套一定会畅销。

　　4. a piece of cake/as³ easy as pie

　　4. 小菜一碟，小事一桩

　　Glad to help. It was⁴ a piece of cake.

　　很高兴能帮上忙。这一点也不难。

　　5. eat one's cake and have it too

　　5. 得其利而无其害，两者兼得（多用于否定句中）

　　Don't buy a car if you want to walk and stay healthy. You can't eat your cake and have it too.

　　如果你想要走路、想要保持健康，就别买车。鱼和熊掌不可兼得。

　　6. pie in the sky

　　6. 渺茫的希望

　　Their plans⁵ to set⁶ up their own⁷ business⁸ are just pie in the sky.

　　他们创办自己公司的计划只不过是空想罢了。

　　7. cakes and ale

　　7. 欢乐，物质享受，生活中的好东西（ale是一种酒）

　　Any reasonable⁹ person¹⁰ knows that life¹¹ is not all cakes and ale.

　　任何理性的人都知道，生活不可能总是充满鲜花和美酒。

　　8. a piece (or slice) of the pie

　　8.一份好处，一杯羹

　　When the ?business ?started making ?money, everyone in his ?family ?wanted a piece of the ?pie.

　　他的生意开始赚钱后，家里每个人都想分一杯羹。

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