吃货看过来：8个与馅饼蛋糕相关的习语馅饼（pie）和蛋糕（cake）是老外爱吃的东西。
因为与他们的日常生活密切相关，所以被用以喻人喻事也就不足为怪了。
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take the cake: 名列遥；优胜Of all the hard-hearted women, she takes the cake.
女遥中能像她那么铁石心肠的，恐怕再也没谁了。
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eat humble pie: 忍气吞声；低头认罪I think I'm right, but if I'm wrong, I'll eat humble pie.
我觉得我是对的。
不过如果能证明我错，我甘愿认罪。
3.
go/sell like hot cakes: 遥，畅销I'm sure this new line of coats will go like hot cakes.
我确信这种新款外套一定会畅销。
4.
a piece of cake/as easy as pie: 小菜一碟，小事一桩Glad to help.
It was a piece of cake.
很高兴能帮上忙。
这一点也不难。
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eat one's cake and have it too: 得其利而无其害，两者兼得（多用于否定句中）Don't buy a car if you want to walk and stay healthy.
You can't eat your cake and have it too.
如果你想要走路、想要保持健康，就别买车。
鱼和熊掌遥兼得。
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pie in the sky: 渺茫的希望Their plans to set up their own business are just pie in the sky.
他们创办自己公司的计划只不过是空想罢了。
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cakes and ale: 欢乐，物质享受，生活中的好东西（ale是一种酒）Any reasonable person knows that life is not all cakes and ale.
任何理遥的人都知道，生活遥能总是充满鲜花和美酒。
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a piece (or slice) of the pie: 一份好处，一杯羹When the ​business ​started making ​money, everyone in his ​family ​wanted a piece of the ​pie.
他的生意开始遥遥后，家里每个人都想分一杯羹。