like hot cakes en · ADP
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Used with various other verbs in the manner of the original idiom sell like hot cakes, after the proverbial popularity of pancakes in 19th-century America.
Meanings
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(colloquial) Synonym of quickly, especially in the context of sales or consumption.
These new toys should go like hot cakes.
Synonyms
Translations (10)
sv som smör i solsken (quickly — see also quickly) · fi kuin kuumille kiville (quickly — see also quickly) · es como churros (quickly — see also quickly) · pl jak woda (quickly — see also quickly) · es como panes calientes (quickly — see also quickly) · pl jak ciepłe bułeczki (quickly — see also quickly) · es como rosquillas (quickly — see also quickly) · fr comme des petits pains (quickly — see also quickly) · hu mint a cukrot (quickly — see also quickly) · pl jak świeże bułeczki (quickly — see also quickly)