like hot cakes

English

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Prepositional phrase

like hot cakes

(simile, colloquial) Quickly, especially by purchase or consumption.
These new toys should sell like hot cakes.

Translations

quickly

Finnish: kuin kuumille kiville
French: comme des petits pains (fr)
Hungarian: mint a cukrot
Polish: jak świeże bułeczki (pl), jak ciepłe bułeczki (pl), jak woda (pl)
Spanish: como panes calientes, como churros, como rosquillas
Swedish: som smör i solsken (sv)

See also

sell like hot cakes

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