Jul 12, 2008 06:34
16 yrs ago
English term
as easy as cake
English to Russian
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
as easy as cake
For something you tried hard at, but failed, then it happens that it has rather easy solution to it, a phrase in English is "as easy as cake".
Proposed translations
(Russian)
4 +9 | проще пареной репы (проще простого) | Evgeny Terekhin |
3 +4 | а ларчик просто открывался | Serg Yefimov |
4 +2 | проще некуда | LiudmilaM |
4 | (as) easy as pie | Ricki Gidoomal |
Change log
Jul 12, 2008 06:34: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"
Jul 12, 2008 08:44: Yuri Smirnov changed "Language pair" from "Russian to English" to "English to Russian"
Proposed translations
+9
2 mins
Selected
проще пареной репы (проще простого)
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Peer comment(s):
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Nata Wise
1 min
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спасибо
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Serg Yefimov
1 hr
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спасибо
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agree |
Zamira B.
1 hr
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спасибо
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agree |
Yuri Smirnov
2 hrs
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спасибо
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agree |
Angela Greenfield
: мне нравятся оба варианта
7 hrs
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спасибо
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agree |
Nadiya A
8 hrs
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спасибо
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agree |
Tatiana Lammers
11 hrs
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спасибо
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agree |
Iosif JUHASZ
14 hrs
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спасибо
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agree |
Elena Polikarpova
1 day 5 hrs
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спасибо
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
3 mins
(as) easy as pie
I think the term you're looking for is 'as easy as pie' - 'easy as cake' doesn't sound quite right to my native english ears!
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Note added at 4 mins (2008-07-12 06:38:16 GMT)
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or - as Jack said 'a piece of cake'
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Note added at 4 mins (2008-07-12 06:38:16 GMT)
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or - as Jack said 'a piece of cake'
+2
14 mins
проще некуда
проще некуда!
по-моему, хорошо:-)
по-моему, хорошо:-)
+4
1 hr
а ларчик просто открывался
а ларчик просто открывался
Peer comment(s):
agree |
erika rubinstein
21 mins
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Спасибо)
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Alexander Delaver
1 hr
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Спасибо)
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svetlana cosquéric
: именно, если сначала почему-то не получалось, а потом неожиданно нашлось очень простое решение
11 hrs
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Olga Cartlidge
: Indeed - when something fails at first and falls into place eventually.
4 days
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Discussion
I've never heard it in English anyway. Maybe you are thinking of "a piece of cake".