pie

Definition

  • noun: a food that consists of a pastry crust that is filled with fruit, meat, etc.
  • noun: a meat dish baked with biscuit or pastry crust
  • variant of 'pi'
  • synonyms: pastry, paté, pate

Examples

  • 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'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) he's gonna be huffing and puffing before he can squeeze out of that car! You back out on my grass, you're gonna be in big trouble! You tell Jerry to come see me. I'll give him some pecan pie. Hey! She smashed through the fence? Cade, relax. You're going to have an aortic infarction. What is that? (..)
    2014 Transformers: Age of Extinction