字神帝國英語天地

餡餅（pie）和蛋糕（cake）是老外愛吃的東西。因為與他們的日常生活密切相關，所以被用以喻人喻事也就不足為怪了。

♫ 1. take the cake: 名列第一；優勝 ♫
Of all the hard-hearted women, she takes the cake.
女性中能像她那麼鐵石心腸的，恐怕再也沒誰了。

♫ 2. eat humble pie: 忍氣吞聲；低頭認罪 ♫
I think I'm right, but if I'm wrong, I'll eat humble pie.
我覺得我是對的。不過如果能證明我錯，我甘願認罪。

♫ 3. go/sell like hot cakes: 熱銷，暢銷 ♫
I'm sure this new line of coats will go like hot cakes.
我確信這種新款外套一定會暢銷。

♫ 4. a piece of cake/as easy as pie: 小菜一碟，小事一樁 ♫
Glad to help. It was a piece of cake.
很高興能幫上忙。這一點也不難。

♫ 5. eat one's cake and have it too: 得其利而無其害，兩者兼得（多用於否定句中） ♫
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，就別買車。魚和熊掌不可兼得。

♫ 6. pie in the sky: 渺茫的希望 ♫
Their plans to set up their own business are just pie in the sky. 
他們創辦自己公司的計畫只不過是空想罷了。

♫ 7. cakes and ale: 歡樂，物質享受，生活中的好東西（ale是種酒） ♫
Any reasonable person knows that life is not all cakes and ale.
任何理性的人都知道，生活不可能總是充滿鮮花和美酒。

♫ 8. a piece (or slice) of the pie: 一份好處，一杯羹 ♫
When the business started making money, everyone in his family wanted a piece of the pie.
他的生意開始賺錢後，家裡每個人都想分一杯羹。

文章來源：吃貨看過來：8個與“餡餅蛋糕”相關的俚語