Question

Exercise 2.

Match the idiom with its meaning.

1. go like hot cakes

2. the icing on the cake

3. be a piece of cake

4. to have one’s cake and eat it

5. cakes and ale

6. pie in the sky



a) enjoy two desirable things at the same time

b) a good time

c) something which makes a good situation even better

d) something that is pleasant to contemplate but very unlikely to be realized

e) to be a very easy task or accomplishment

f) to be in demand

Answer 1

1. f
2. c
3. e
4. a
5. b
6. d