What is a Cakewalk?
From Wordsmith:
This week's theme: desserts used metaphorically.
cakewalk (KAYK-wok) noun
Something very easy to do, having little or no opposition.
[In the 19th century, cakewalk was a popular contest among slaves on
the American plantations. It was a strutting dance, developed as a
parody of white owners, in which couples with the most stylish steps
won a cake as a prize. The dance may or may not have been easy but it
was certainly a lot of fun, and eventually the term cakewalk begin to
be used to refer to anything easy to do. The idiom "to take the cake"
has the same origin.]
Today's word in Visual Thesaurus:
http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=cakewalk -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org)
"With a celebrated line-up, IOC were clear favourites. But even they
would not have expected a cakewalk."
Uthra Ganesan; SRC Slip on Indian Oil, Army draw; Hindustan Times
(New Delhi, India); Nov 18, 2006.
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