Idiom
sell like hot cakes
Meaning
To be sold in large numbers quickly.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“These new shirts are selling like hot cakes.”
“The bakery opened early, and their fresh bread sold like hot cakes all morning.”
“Once the celebrity endorsed the product, it sold like hot cakes, leaving the shelves empty within hours of the store opening.”
Examples
simple
“These new shirts are selling like hot cakes.”
contextual
“The bakery opened early, and their fresh bread sold like hot cakes all morning.”
complex
“Once the celebrity endorsed the product, it sold like hot cakes, leaving the shelves empty within hours of the store opening.”
Origin
After the proverbial popularity of pancakes in 19th-century America.
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