The test was a piece of cake.
piece of cake
idiom A2
A job, task or other activity that is pleasant or, by extension, easy or simple.
Origin
first recorded 20th c.1930s; first recorded in Ogden Nash's Primrose Path (1936); possibly related to 19th-century 'cakewalk' contests in which cakes were awarded as prizes.
Don't worry about the interview — with your experience, it'll be a piece of cake.
What had seemed an insurmountable challenge to his predecessors turned out, for him, to be a piece of cake.
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cake and gingerbread
An easy or pleasant task or experience; a piece of cake.
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cake crumbs
Hardly anything.
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cake walk
Something extremely easy.
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chess piece
A person being manipulated by another, being used to some end.
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eat one's cake and have it too
Alternative form of have one's cake and eat it too.
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give and take
[Cockney slang]cake
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give someone a piece of one's mind
To express one's opinion strongly; to voice one's disagreement or dissatisfaction, especially with another person; to scold or rebuke someone.
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have one's cake and eat it too
To benefit by having two things which are mutually incompatible (such as eating a piece of cake and yet still possessing that piece for future use).