idioms using “piece”

Piece of the pie

A share of the action or profit

“Once it is obvious that a project will succeed, everyone wants a piece of the pie.”

Bits and pieces

In small parts, not all at once

“We learned about Naoko-san’s family background in bits and pieces.”

Piece of cake

Very simple

“Finishing the report will be a piece of cake; only the summary needs to be written.”

A piece of one’s mind

To give one’s opinion (usually in anger or frustration)

“Hearing that she had to work for the third weekend in a row, Reiko-san gave her boss a piece of her mind.”

Go to pieces

To become very upset or to fall apart

“Kaoru-san knew that Yoshi-san would go to pieces when he found out his project had been cancelled so she didn’t tell him until Friday evening.”