easy as pie

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easy as pie

1. (simile, colloquial) Very easy.
   • 1910, Zane Grey, The Young Forester:

     "Easy as pie," replied he, eagerly. […] What Dick called easy as pie was the hardest work I ever did. I lay flat on my back, bound hand and foot, and it was necessary to jerk my body along the log till my hands should be under the knife.

   • 2004, Girls Aloud, Love Machine:

     Come make my dreams, honey hard as it seems, loving me is as easy as pie.

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• piece of cake