no piece of cake

ADJECTIVE

tough

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arduous demanding hard onerous severe stiff strenuous troublesome

STRONG

handful heavy mean uphill

WEAK

backbreaking baffling burdensome effortful exacting exhausting exigent grievous hairy intractable intricate irksome knotty labored oppressive perplexing puzzling resisting taxing thorny toilsome trying unyielding weighty wicked

Antonyms

STRONGEST

easy facile trivial

WEAK

delicate

Example Sentences

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no piece of cake

Then again, if one’s chosen art seems especially out of reach, life is no piece of cake either.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026

While it was considerably easier than the tail end, it was still no piece of cake.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 14, 2017

“It’s a big undertaking. I know money is money and it’s no piece of cake shipping here to California. “

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2017

For Koch and the other U.S. competitors, Sarajevo will be no piece of cake.

From Time Magazine Archive