a piece of cake

[Eman.J.T]

Hi everyone,

is the use of the idiom a piece of cake correct in the following sentence:

I cried and cried and cried, till I reached a moment when I decided I MUST – no choice - promise myself to stop whining, grow up, deal with it, and fight forward. It’s not a piece of cake, it’s a life, my life. However, it’s a new one now.

Thank you.

[eunice65078]

It might possibly be more commonly said for the second sentence. "Life is not a piece of cake; but this is my life - and a new one for me now." (or something like that).

Usually "a piece of cake" is a modifier of a specific kind of noun - like, my job is a piece of cake; or her life is a piece of cake; or their work is a piece of cake - denoting something is easy. A similar phrase is "easy as pie" ...

[noppanat]

Something is a piece of cake.