It's a piece of cake. - English example sentence

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blay_paul May 10, 2010 May 10, 2010 at 4:37:30 PM UTC

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I don't think we need worry about things that could have a different meaning to the translation given, as long as they _can_ have the meaning given. This is just one of four relevant (and 11 non-relevant) sentences for 'piece of cake'). It doesn't have to provide everything in one example.

I agree that more context would be nice, although not necessarily longer sentences. I'd like to have the question shown to which this is, presumably, the answer.

Pharamp December 12, 2010 December 12, 2010 at 4:08:17 PM UTC

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http://tatoeba.org/ita/sentences/show/41458

Eldad December 12, 2010 December 12, 2010 at 6:29:10 PM UTC

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Hi Phar,

I added this variant translation as it relates to all the others, and adds a nuance of meaning (even if it exists somewhere else, as a standalone cloud).

Amike via,
Eldad

Eldad December 12, 2010 December 12, 2010 at 6:30:13 PM UTC

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PS. Actually, I simply owned it (didn't add it myself).

Pharamp December 12, 2010 December 12, 2010 at 6:57:50 PM UTC

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Yep yep it was just for noting the almost duplicate. I didn't read Paul's comment or the chronology ^^

Anyway, we should merge them I guess.

Eldad December 12, 2010 December 12, 2010 at 7:03:47 PM UTC

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If you believe a merger would be appropriate, do whatever it takes! ;-)

CK November 7, 2012 November 7, 2012 at 11:51:02 AM UTC

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Annotation:

This one could be considered ambiguous since we only have a pronoun to help us decide what the context might be.
http://tatoeba.org/sentences/show/21259
It's a piece of cake.

These aren't ambiguous and "piece of cake" in these sentences has the idiomatic meaning of "easy."
http://tatoeba.org/sentences/show/1987953
It wasn't exactly a piece of cake.
http://tatoeba.org/sentences/show/1062311
Climbing that mountain was a piece of cake.

These aren't ambiguous and "piece of cake" in these sentences has the literal meaning.
http://tatoeba.org/sentences/show/62654
How about another piece of cake?
http://tatoeba.org/sentences/show/1830384
The last piece of cake was eaten by Tom.