go like hot cakes

go like hot cakes
(go (go off или sell) like hot cakes)
раскупаться, идти нарасхват [первонач. амер.]

The girl would go off like hot cakes, of course, but she needn't take the first call that came along. (J. Galsworthy, ‘Caravan’, ‘A Stoic’) — Девушку с руками оторвут, конечно, но это еще не значит, что она должна выйти замуж за первого подвернувшегося болвана.

Daily Worker's birthday tickets go like hot cakes. (‘Dally Worker’) — Билеты на собрание, посвященное юбилею газеты "Дейли уоркер", расходятся моментально.

This American teacher concluded his observations by commenting that: ‘Reading is the national pastime; everybody reads in great amounts: bookstores and libraries are always full, and books literally sell like hot cakes...’ (‘Political Affairs’) — Американский учитель поделился своими наблюдениями: "Чтение в СССР - любимое занятие; читают все, книжные магазины и библиотеки всегда переполнены, хорошую книгу невозможно достать"


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • like hot cakes — adverb Quickly, especially by purchase or consumption. These new toys should sell like hot cakes …   Wiktionary

  • go like hot cakes — go/sell/like hot cakes phrase to be sold very quickly in large quantities The tickets are selling like hot cakes. Thesaurus: to be sold or for salesynonym general words for the activity of buying and sellinghyponym …   Useful english dictionary

  • sell like hot cakes —    If a product is selling very well, it is selling like hot cakes.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    Things that sell like hot cakes sell quickly or in large quantities.     Her books always sell like hot cakes …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • go like hot cakes — go/sell like hot cakes if things are going like hot cakes, people are buying a lot of them very fast. The book has only just been published and copies are already selling like hot cakes in both Britain and America. (often in continuous tenses) …   New idioms dictionary

  • sell like hot cakes — go/sell like hot cakes if things are going like hot cakes, people are buying a lot of them very fast. The book has only just been published and copies are already selling like hot cakes in both Britain and America. (often in continuous tenses) …   New idioms dictionary

  • sell like hot cakes — INFORMAL ► to be bought quickly and in large numbers: »With profits bonds have sold like hot cakes to older people looking for a low risk, high return for their money. Main Entry: ↑sell …   Financial and business terms

  • sell like hot cakes — If a product is selling very well, it is selling like hot cakes …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • sell like hot cakes — verb To sell fast. During a power outage, candles sell like hot cakes …   Wiktionary

  • Sell like hot cakes —   If a product is selling very well, it is selling like hot cakes …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • sell like hot cakes — ► sell like hot cakes informal be sold quickly and in large quantities. Main Entry: ↑cake …   English terms dictionary

  • sell or go like hot cakes — idi sell or go like hot cakes, to be bought, taken, or disposed of very quickly, esp. in quantity …   From formal English to slang


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