- sold like hot cakes
- sold in large quantities, sold well, product which showed great success
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
sold like hot cakes
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go like hot cakes — go/sell/like hot cakes phrase to be sold very quickly in large quantities The tickets are selling like hot cakes. Thesaurus: to be sold or for salesynonym general words for the activity of buying and sellinghyponym … Useful english dictionary
sell like hot cakes — ► sell like hot cakes informal be sold quickly and in large quantities. Main Entry: ↑cake … English terms dictionary
hot cakes — hot ,cakes noun go/sell like hot cakes to be sold very quickly in large quantities … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
go like hot cakes — be bought or sold very quickly … English contemporary dictionary
sell like hot cakes — informal be sold quickly and in large quantities. → cake … English new terms dictionary
hot cakes — UK / US noun go/sell like hot cakes to be sold very quickly in large quantities The tickets are selling like hot cakes … English dictionary
hot cake — 1. a pancake or griddlecake. 2. sell or go like hot cakes, to be disposed of very quickly and effortlessly, esp. in quantity: His record sold like hot cakes on the first day after its release. [1675 85, Amer.] Regional Variation. 1. See pancake.… … Universalium
hot cake — ☆ hot cake n. PANCAKE sell like hot cakes Informal to be sold rapidly and in large quantities … English World dictionary
hot cake — /ˈhɒt keɪk/ (say hot kayk) noun 1. US a pancake. –phrase 2. go (or sell) like hot cakes, to sell quickly, especially in large quantities. {Phrase Origin: US (1880s); ? from pancakes cooked and sold at fairs} Also, hotcake …
