{"id":13010,"date":"2025-02-03T19:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T00:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dianaderringer.com\/?p=13010"},"modified":"2025-02-03T19:11:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T00:11:49","slug":"sell-like-hot-cakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dianaderringer.com\/sell-like-hot-cakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Sell Like Hot Cakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dianaderringer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sell-Like-Hotcakes.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13013\" src=\"https:\/\/dianaderringer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sell-Like-Hotcakes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dianaderringer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sell-Like-Hotcakes.jpg 360w, https:\/\/dianaderringer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sell-Like-Hotcakes-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/dianaderringer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sell-Like-Hotcakes-216x270.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a>During winter storms, snow shovels sell like hot cakes. Late shoppers find <a href=\"https:\/\/dianaderringer.com\/slim-pickings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">slim pickings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>To sell like hot cakes means to sell fast and in large amounts.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Restaurants or stores cannot keep items in stock.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Go like hot cakes is a similar expression.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>According to <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/idioms.thefreedictionary.com\/sell+like+hot+cakes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Free Dictionary<\/strong><\/a><strong>, hot cakes in America means pancakes.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Other names for hot cakes include:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Hotcakes (one word)<\/li>\n<li>Griddle cakes<\/li>\n<li>Johnny cakes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For the British, hot cakes mean freshly baked cakes. Although the food differs, the meaning remains the same.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>To sell like hot cakes suggests success.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">During the late seventeenth century, a plate full of pancakes rarely had time to cool. This was true at:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Booths<\/li>\n<li>Fairs<\/li>\n<li>Church sales<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Pancakes also go quickly today in:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Homes<\/li>\n<li>Restaurants<\/li>\n<li>Special events<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Likewise, if people buy non-food items in large amounts, businesses thrive.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Not every effort will sell like hot cakes.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Yet, success means more than sales. Any person who impacts others in a positive way achieves true success.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cThey have freely scattered their gifts to the poor, their righteousness endures\u00a0forever\u201d Psalm 112:9 NIV).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/joycemccullough.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joyce McCullough<\/a> for the suggestion. Image by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/heribertoaguirrefotograf-19481522\/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=7016087\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heriberto Aguirre<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=7016087\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pixabay<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Do you have an expression you want explained or a thought about this one? 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