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sell like hot cakes
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to sell very quickly and in large numbers
Usually in the continuous form. American English often writes 'hotcakes'. Vietnamese has the same idea with shrimp: 'bán chạy như tôm tươi'.
In context
The new phone is selling like hot cakes, and most shops have run out.
Before Mid-Autumn, mooncakes with salted egg sell like hot cakes.
Common mistake
Incorrect: These T-shirts are selling like hot cake.
Correct: These T-shirts are selling like hot cakes.
More idioms about food
- a bad appleone bad person who has a bad effect on the rest of a group
- a couch potatoa person who spends a lot of time sitting and watching TV instead of being active
- a different kettle of fisha completely different situation from the one just mentioned
- a finger in every pieinvolved in many different activities, often to get power
- a meal ticketa person or thing that someone uses as a source of money or support