pie
馅饼,饼,饼类,派
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Definitions
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- : a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust: apple pie; meat pie.
- : a layer cake with a filling of custard, cream jelly, or the like: chocolate cream pie.
- : a total or whole that can be divided: They want a bigger part of the profit pie.
- : an activity or affair: He has his finger in the political pie too.
- : pizza.
Phrases
- pie in the sky
- apple-pie order
- easy as pie
- eat crow (humble pie)
- finger in the pie
- slice of the pie
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
A lot of times, somebody’s “secret family recipe” for pumpkin pie is just the recipe off the back of the can of Libby’s pumpkin puree.
Others, fearing the potential for super-spreaders to hide among the pie stands and farm rows, worry that travelers could bring a second wave of infections to their doorsteps.
With about 79% of private employers with 500 or more employees self-funding their health-care benefits, Verily is betting it can grab a piece of a very large pie.
The pie is not fixed, and our interactions may be more positive-sum than not.
“Screaming, marching and signs are not the whole pie,” he said.
The process of co-opting black music and selling it back to the adoring public in whiteface is as American as apple pie.
Not enough black films are being made to warrant a piece of the pie.
This is a twist on a classic American pot pie but dressed up for company.
Think one small piece of pie or a half-cup of eggnog, says Zied, will do the trick.
Another vital way to expand the pie is to collaborate with industry partners.
Having achieved this feat he sighed again, and applied himself assiduously to the pie.
I want Mis' Calvert to taste it, an' when she does she'll say she never knew before what cherry could be!