like a knife through butter

English

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Prepositional phrase

like a knife through butter

(simile) With great ease and effectiveness.
Synonym: like a hot knife through butter

Translations

with great ease

Finnish: kuin kuuma veitsi voihin
German: wie durch Butter (only with verbs of cutting or passing through)

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