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Go/sell like hot cakes

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Figurative Use

The phrase is never about actual cakes; it's used to describe fast-selling items metaphorically.

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Her debut album released last weekend and it's already going like hot cakes.
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High Demand

It implies items are desirable, causing them to sell rapidly due to high demand.

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With the holiday season coming up, these toys will sell like hot cakes.
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Informal Speech

Used in casual conversation, not formal writing or speeches.

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I set up a lemonade stand and it sold like hot cakes on the hot summer day.
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