Question

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom:
A piece of cake.

• A. A task that can be completed easily.
• B. Eating a piece of cake is very easy.
• C. A task which should be accomplished at any cost.
• D. None of the above.

Answer 1

The correct option is A A task that can be completed easily.

The correct answer is option A.

A piece of cake means a task that is as easy as eating a piece of cake. This means that the task can be completed easily.

Options B and C do not comply with the meaning of the proverb and hence are not the correct options.

Option A aptly complies with the meaning of the proverb and hence is the correct answer.

Since option A is the correct answer, option D cannot be the correct.