Are you hungry for some cake idioms?
If so, you are in the right place.
In this post, we will take a look at 24 popular cake idioms that will have your mouth watering by the end.
Enjoy!
24 Cake Idioms And Phrases (Meaning & Examples)
1. One’s Cake Is Dough
- Meaning: that a person’s actions did not produce the desired results, like a cake that is still dough after baking.
- Use In A Sentence: Eddy has spent countless hours working on this project, but I think his cake is dough and he won’t be getting that promotion.
2. A Slice/Share Of The Cake
- Meaning: a share of the profits.
- Synonyms: A piece of the pie
- Use In A Sentence: Wow! I can’t believe your investment made you that much money. How can I get a slice of the cake? What do I need to do?
3. Beefcake
- Meaning: a man who is photographed for his muscular physique.
- Use In A Sentence: I must admit I buy the magazine because I like seeing those beefcakes in those outfits.
4. Cake Hole
- Meaning: slang or very informal for one’s mouth.
- Synonyms: To Shut One’s Pie Hole
- Use In A Sentence: Shut your cake hole. No one wants to hear what you have to say!
5. Cakes And Ale
- Meaning: when you enjoy something without any trouble, problems or worries.
- Use In A Sentence: Running a business hasn’t been all cakes and ale. We have had our ups and downs.
6. To Eat One’s Cake And Have It Too
- Meaning: to have or do two things at the same time. It usually refers to things that are contradictory or impossible to do at the same time.
- Use In A Sentence: There are so many people today that want to eat their cake and have it too. For example, they think that they can have nice things, but then not be willing to work.
7. To Be Flat As A Pancake
- Meaning: used to refer to something that is extremely flat.
- Use In A Sentence: The roads out west are as flat as a pancake. You can see for miles.
8. The Frosting / Icing On The Cake
- Meaning: something that makes an already good situation even better.
- Use In A Sentence: Janet really wanted that job, but to receive a huge signing bonus was the frosting on the cake.
9. Like Piffy On A Rock Cake
- Meaning: to be left out in a group’s activity.
- Use In A Sentence: It was nice to be invited to my friend’s graduation party, but I didn’t know anyone there. I just spent the night standing around like piffy on a rock cake.
10. A Piece Of Cake
- Meaning: something that is easy to do.
- Synonyms: As easy as pie
- Use In A Sentence: Oh, it’s a piece of cake, just follow the instructions on the screen.
11. To Sell/Go Like Hotcakes
- Meaning: something that sells very quickly.
- Use In A Sentence: Wow, those brownies went like hotcakes. I was sold out before lunch.
12. To Take The Cake
- Meaning: to refer to the best or the worse in a situation.
- Use In A Sentence: You have always been a good painter, but this painting takes the cake.
13. The Cake Is A Lie
- Meaning: when you don’t receive the reward you had been promised.
- Use In A Sentence: My brother told me he would come to visit us, but I am starting to think the cake is a lie.
14. Babycakes
- Meaning: a term of endearment.
- Use In A Sentence: Hello, babycakes. How was work today?
15. To Cake Someone With Something
- Meaning: to coat someone with a thick substance.
- Use In A Sentence: Jennifer caked her with mud at the beginning of the massage.
16. Cakewalk
- Meaning: something that is easy to do.
- Use In A Sentence: I have been doing computer work for years so this job will be a cakewalk.
17. To Be Nutty As A Fruitcake
- Meaning: used to refer to someone who is crazy.
- Use In A Sentence: For as long as I can remember Megan has always been nutty as a fruitcake.
18. The Cherry On The Cake
- Meaning: something that makes an already good situation even better.
- Use In A Sentence: Susan always wanted to go to the Bahamas, but to go with her best friend was the cherry on the cake.
19. Fruitcake
- Meaning: someone who is weird or odd.
- Use In A Sentence: What conspiracy theory is he talking about now? What a fruitcake!
20. Whoopie Cakes
- Meaning: female buttocks.
- Use In A Sentence: You put your whoopie cakes back in that chair and listen to what I have to say!
21. Cheesecake
- Meaning: an attractive woman.
- Use In A Sentence: He thinks he has a chance with Jessica? I don’t think a cheesecake like that will look at him twice.
22. Honeycakes
- Meaning: a term of endearment. Similar to babycakes.
- Use In A Sentence: Hello honeycakes. How was work today?
23. Cake
- Meaning: money.
- Use In A Sentence: I will see if I can scrape together enough cake to go on the road trip.
24. Cakes
- Meaning: slang for one’s buttocks.
- Use In A Sentence: You better listen to your mother or else your cakes will be whipped.
There you have it! 24 popular idioms about cake! Which one is your favorite?
