easy as pie
Requiring no effort
Easy as pie means requiring very little effort or skill: The exam was easy as pie.
The phrase likely draws on the pleasure of eating pie rather than making it.
Variants include easy as cake and the abbreviated piece of cake.
Light, gentle air movement
- cakewalkEffortless task or promenade
- child's playSomething extremely easy
- smoothWithout roughness or difficulty
- painlessCausing no discomfort
straightforward · uncomplicated · undemanding · trouble-free · manageable · elementary · basic · simple
Arising without conscious thought
- naturalNot artificially produced
- innateExisting since birth
- automaticOperating without intervention
- spontaneousArising without external cause
second nature · visceral · gut feeling · hunch · unthinking · obvious · self-evident · clear-cut
breeze
Light, gentle air movement
- cakewalkEffortless task or promenade
- child's playSomething extremely easy
- smoothWithout roughness or difficulty
painless · straightforward · uncomplicated · undemanding · trouble-free · manageable · elementary · basic · simple · no-brainer
instinctive
Arising without conscious thought
spontaneous · second nature · visceral · gut feeling · hunch · unthinking · obvious · self-evident · clear-cut · apparent
baking
Cooking with dry heat
dessert · homemade · filling · pastry · tart · flaky · slices · golden · sweet · lattice
- clichescliche, platitude, bromide, tired phrase, worn phrase
- Easy Thingssimple, child's play, walk in the park, no sweat, piece of cake
- food idiomspiece of cake, bread winner, low-hanging fruit, cool as a cucumber, bad egg
- idiomstime flies, hit the sack, seize the day, ring a bell, break a leg
- folk sayingsproverb, adage, maxim, folk saying, old saying
- expressions of simplicitysimple, basic, plain, clear, straightforward
easy as piehard
Firm or demanding
difficult · like pulling teeth · impossible · arduous · easier said than done
easy, ease, pie, uneasy, unease, easing, easier, eased, pies