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Idioms: a paltry sum -- a piece of cake

Idiom	Meaning	Example
a paltry sum	a small amount of money, chicken feed, peanuts	What did I pay for this painting? A paltry sum - I bought it at a garage sale.
a paper trail	a series of memos or letters that record events	A business merger leaves a long paper trail - many documents.
a party to that	a person who helps to do something bad	Jane said she didn't want to be a party to computer theft.
a pat answer	a planned or memorized answer, a canned answer	You won't get the job if you give a pat answer to every question.
a penny for your thoughts	tell me what you are thinking about	When I'm quiet, she will say, "A penny for your thoughts."
a perfect stranger	a person you have never seen, a total stranger	In New York, a perfect stranger asked her to sleep with him.
a pick-me-up	something that gives me energy or new life	On a hot afternoon, a glass of iced tea is a great pick-me-up.
a picture is worth a thousand words	a picture is easier to understand than a report or essay	Instead of more talk, I'll draw thousand words a diagram. A picture is worth a thousand words.
a piece of ass [B]	sex, intercourse, nookie	If it's just a piece of ass you want, why don't you find a prostitute?
a piece of cake	easy to do, it's a snap, no problem	Solving the puzzle was easy. It was a piece o' cake.