sell or go like hot cakes

sell or go like hot cakes
idi sell or go like hot cakes, to be bought, taken, or disposed of very quickly, esp. in quantity

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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  • sell like hot cakes — INFORMAL ► to be bought quickly and in large numbers: »With profits bonds have sold like hot cakes to older people looking for a low risk, high return for their money. Main Entry: ↑sell …   Financial and business terms

  • sell like hot cakes — If a product is selling very well, it is selling like hot cakes …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • sell like hot cakes — ► sell like hot cakes informal be sold quickly and in large quantities. Main Entry: ↑cake …   English terms dictionary

  • sell like hot cakes —    If a product is selling very well, it is selling like hot cakes.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    Things that sell like hot cakes sell quickly or in large quantities.     Her books always sell like hot cakes …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • sell like hot cakes — go/sell like hot cakes if things are going like hot cakes, people are buying a lot of them very fast. The book has only just been published and copies are already selling like hot cakes in both Britain and America. (often in continuous tenses) …   New idioms dictionary

  • sell like hot cakes — verb To sell fast. During a power outage, candles sell like hot cakes …   Wiktionary

  • like hot cakes — adverb Quickly, especially by purchase or consumption. These new toys should sell like hot cakes …   Wiktionary

  • Sell like hot cakes —   If a product is selling very well, it is selling like hot cakes …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • 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

  • go like hot cakes — go/sell like hot cakes if things are going like hot cakes, people are buying a lot of them very fast. The book has only just been published and copies are already selling like hot cakes in both Britain and America. (often in continuous tenses) …   New idioms dictionary

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