cakewalk

Definition

  • noun: an easy contest to win
  • noun: a black American entertainment having a cake as prize for the most accomplished steps and figures in walking

Examples

  • Reducing the state budget is not going to be a 'cakewalk'.

  • She expected the election to be a 'cakewalk'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) What horror stories did they tell you? I heard someone got killed training with him. Don't believe everything. Kilowog has some rough edges, but he's a cakewalk compared to Deegan. Deegan? That's Sergeant Deegan to you, poozer! You know what a poozer is, don't you, poozer? - No, sir. (..)
    2011 Green Lantern: Emerald Knights