The state needs to give public schools a larger 'piece of the pie'. [=the state needs to give public schools more funds]
He's the best player on the team and he wants a bigger 'slice of the pie'. [=he wants more money]
His plan to reduce the national debt seems like 'pie in the sky'.
(..) Oh, look at that. Boy, you really know how to do somebody right. I wasn't gonna say nothin', but it's pretty tough to make a meal out of pumpkin pie fillin'. That's all my mom had. Oh, I ain't complainin'. Can I get one of those? They're yours to begin with. That's good, right? (..)2012 Mud