pie

noun

/paɪ/

[countable, uncountable]Idioms

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a baked dish of fruit or meat and/or vegetables with pastry on the bottom, sides and top
- a slice of apple pie
- a steak and kidney pie
- Help yourself to some more pie.
- What’s the filling in these pies?
- a pie dish
see also apple pie, banoffi pie, cottage pie, cow pie, custard pie, Key lime pie, mince pie, mud pie, pork pie, pot pie, shepherd’s pie, shoofly pieTopics Fooda2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- apple
- chicken
- meat
- …
… of pie
- piece
- slice
verb + pie
- bake
- cook
- make
- …
pie + noun
- filling
- dish
- pan
- …
preposition
- in a/the pie
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Word OriginMiddle English: probably the same word as pie, used in the naming of birds; the various combinations of ingredients being compared to objects randomly collected by a magpie.

Idioms

as American as apple pie

used to say that something is typical of America

as easy as anything/as pie/as ABC/as falling off a log

(informal) very easy or very easily
- The whole procedure is as easy as ABC.
- Fooling him was as easy as falling off a log.

as nice as pie

(informal) very kind and friendly, especially when you are not expecting it

eat humble pie

(North American English also eat crow)

to say and show that you are sorry for a mistake that you made

have a finger in every pie

(informal) to be involved in a lot of different activities and have influence over them, especially when other people think that this is annoying

a piece/slice/share of the pie

(British English also a slice/share of the cake)

a share of the available money or benefits that you believe you have a right to
- The company is demanding a larger slice of the corporate pie.

pie in the sky

(informal) an event that somebody talks about that seems very unlikely to happen
- This talk of moving to Australia is all just pie in the sky.

单词	pie
释义	pie noun /paɪ/ /paɪ/ [countable, uncountable]Idioms jump to other results a baked dish of fruit or meat and/or vegetables with pastry on the bottom, sides and top a slice of apple pie a steak and kidney pie Help yourself to some more pie. What’s the filling in these pies? a pie dish see also apple pie, banoffi pie, cottage pie, cow pie, custard pie, Key lime pie, mince pie, mud pie, pork pie, pot pie, shepherd’s pie, shoofly pieTopics Fooda2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective apple chicken meat … … of pie piece slice verb + pie bake cook make … pie + noun filling dish pan … preposition in a/the pie See full entry Word OriginMiddle English: probably the same word as pie, used in the naming of birds; the various combinations of ingredients being compared to objects randomly collected by a magpie. Idioms as American as apple pie used to say that something is typical of America as easy as anything/as pie/as ABC/as falling off a log (informal) very easy or very easily The whole procedure is as easy as ABC. Fooling him was as easy as falling off a log. as nice as pie (informal) very kind and friendly, especially when you are not expecting it eat humble pie (North American English also eat crow) to say and show that you are sorry for a mistake that you made have a finger in every pie (informal) to be involved in a lot of different activities and have influence over them, especially when other people think that this is annoying a piece/slice/share of the pie (British English also a slice/share of the cake) a share of the available money or benefits that you believe you have a right to The company is demanding a larger slice of the corporate pie. pie in the sky (informal) an event that somebody talks about that seems very unlikely to happen This talk of moving to Australia is all just pie in the sky.
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