Meaning of 'Like a hot knife through butter'
What does the saying 'Like a hot knife through butter' mean?
Idiom: Like a hot knife through butter
Meaning:
If something happens very easily, without any real opposition, it goes like a knife through hot butter.
("Like a knife through butter" is also used.)
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