肚子饿？与“馅饼蛋糕”相关的8个英语习语

必克英语导语：吃货们，当看到与馅饼以及蛋糕有关的词组是不是满脑子的馅饼，蛋糕呢，但是其实，这些的实际意思还是跟原本的相差甚远，现在我们一起来看看，我们爱吃也要高智商 ！

1. take the cake: 名列第一；优胜
Of all the hard-hearted women, she takes the cake.
女性中能像她那么铁石心肠的，恐怕再也没谁了。

2. 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: 热销，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。

5. 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。鱼和熊掌不可兼得。

6. 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。

7. 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.
任何理性的人都知道，生活不可能总是充满鲜花和美酒。

8. 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.
他的生意开始赚钱后，家里每个人都想分一杯羹。

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