it's a cinch

Grammar usage guide and real-world examples

Many diners complain that after ordering a bottle, the waiter keeps more coming without further ado; by the time coffee's served, it's a cinch to rack up an extra $30.

As the metaphorical use of the term is at least seven years old, it's a cinch to say that its continued chance of success is very bright, but given its overuse, we also say don't push it.

It's a cinch, now that Spurling has cleared away a century's worth of misapprehensions and canards.

At one level, it's a cinch that "Pearl Harbor" will valorize what its tag line calls "the dawn of a nation's greatest glory" with a bombast that leaves Cecil B. De Mille looking austere.

And it's a cinch to learn.

Compared to an eruv, it's a cinch".

During the second half of the 90's, she explained, it was a cinch for N.Y.U.

In any event, if it was a cinch to identify, that reader provided no identification.

Kadaifi may not be easy to get hold of, but it is a cinch to use.

It was a cinch to Holtville — the wise guy with the mustache was right.

It's not easy to find in shops, but it is a cinch to grow.