sold like hot cakes
Bought up fast
Sold like hot cakes describes something that sells quickly and in large quantities.
Hot cakes (pancakes) at fairs and markets would sell as fast as they came off the griddle.
The phrase usually emphasizes unexpected or impressive commercial success: The new album sold like hot cakes, Tickets sold like hot cakes and were gone within the hour.
- fast-movingTraveling at high velocity
- smash hitOverwhelming popular success
- runaway successOverwhelming, unexpected triumph
- flying off the shelvesSelling very quickly
- out of stockInventory exhausted
high demand · limited edition · skyrocketing · trending · in vogue · crowd-pleaser · record-breaking · exponential growth · blockbuster · must-have · shopping spree · mass appeal · word of mouth · cherry-picking · impulse buying · brand loyalty · cash cow · gravy train
sold like hot cakesgathered dust
Accumulated grime from disuse
languished · collected dust · dead stock · slow-moving · stagnated
sold like hot cakesbombed
Failed spectacularly, utterly
flopped · tanked · fell flat · died on the vine · crashed and burned
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