slice of the pie
Your allotted part
A slice of the pie is a share of something valuable—money, profits, resources, or opportunity.
The metaphor treats a limited good as a pie to be divided: Everyone wants their slice of the pie.
Often appears with modifiers indicating size: a bigger slice of the pie, a fair slice of the pie.
The expression implies competition over finite resources.
Divided share given
- cutSeverance or reduction
- pieceA portion or segment
- stakeSharpened post or share
- percentageProportion out of hundred
fraction · allocation · allotment · quota · segment · division · split · proportion
portion
Divided share given
percentage · fraction · allocation · allotment · quota · segment · division · split · proportion · ration
slice of the pieeverything
The complete set
nothing · the whole shebang · complete control · monopoly · the whole kit and caboodle
slice of the pieshut out
Prevent all scoring
nothing · empty-handed · cut out · excluded · frozen out