cake walk | Idiomator

Meaning: Atypeofdanceoriginatingin theUnited Statesin the 19thcentury.1881, A.L. Bassett, “Our monthly gossip”, inLippincott's magazine, volume28, page208:It is called thecake-walk. A large cake is prepared for the occasion, and, when the invited guests arrive on the gala evening, each young man selects a partner for the walk. After a great deal of merriment and confusion, the couples take their places on the floor and begin to march around the room singing a hymn (for the church-members are not allowed to indulge in secular music) to a good marching tune, while the matrons and married men look on and criticise the promenaders, join in the chorus, and beat time with hands and feet. When tired at last of the walking-match, the cake is duly awarded to the most graceful couple, by whom it is carried home after the supper which closes the entertainment.; From the mid 1900s, agameat afairorpartyin which people walk around a numberedcirclealong tomusic. When the music isstopped, thecallerdrawsanumberfrom ajarand whoever isstandingon orclosestto that number wins acake.1945, Robert L. Kilzer, “Cake-Walk Earns Money for Student Activities”, inEducational Reading Service: School activities, volume18, page340:... each of the marchers took his place beside the number nearest to him.; (idiomatic)Somethingextremelyeasy.1922, New York Athletic Club, “Easy for Romig”, inThe Winged foot, volume33, page38:The three mile run was acake walkfor "Blondy" Romig, of Penn State.

Examples:

EN: It's a cake walk.
ES: Es un pastel.
EN: It's a cake walk. Money for old rope.
ES: Es un paseo, dinero fácil.
EN: After tonight that would be a cake walk.
ES: Después de esta noche eso será pan comido.
EN: -aids Walk, that's a cake walk.
ES: - La caminata, es pan comido.
EN: At my age, it's no cake walk anymore.
ES: Todo lo que me queda es éste.
EN: You told me the job was gonna a cake walk, but one of my man's been killed.
ES: Usted me dijo que el puesto de trabajo ¿Se va a un pastel a pie, Pero uno de mis mars sido asesinados.
EN: Hey, come on, it's a cake walk.
ES: Oye, por favor.
EN: Living in a 6-by-9 with three soul brothers for years ought to be a cake walk.
ES: Si vive en "un 2 x 3" con tres hermanos, eso debe ser sencillo.
EN: Look, Dad, this isn't gonna be a cake walk, all right?
ES: Mira, papá, esto no será fácil, ¿sí?
EN: National security advisors Ken Adelman and Richard Perle, early advocates of the war, said the war would be a cake walk. The sources that have deceived... us so constantly don't deserve our trust and to the extent that we give them our trust, we set ourselves up to be scammed again and again. Solomon:
ES: Los Asesores de la Seguridad Nacional Ken Adelman y Richard Perle, prematuros defensores de la guerra, dicen que la guerra debe ser pan comido.
EN: It's gonna be a cake walk.
ES: Carmen, cálmate.
EN: That makes it seem like I did something that was a cake walk.
ES: Eso me hace parecer
EN: Why? I don't want this to be a cake walk.
ES: Porque no quiero que esto sea pan comido."
EN: This case is not a cake walk, like you think
ES: Este caso no es un paseo de pastel, como crees
EN: If we convince the examining doctor rest of it is a cake walk
ES: Si convencemos al médico examinador, el resto es una caminata fácil.

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