“a piece of”

The following 5 entries include the term a piece of.

a piece of cake

noun phrase

: something that is easy to do

a piece of junk

noun phrase

: something that is worthless or of poor quality

a piece of someone

idiom

: a share of someone's time

give (someone) a piece of one's mind

idiom

: to speak to someone in an angry way

how long is a piece of string

idiom

used as a reply to a question when the answer is not known


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