piece of the pie

piece of the pie

English

Noun

piece of the pie (plural pieces of the pie)

1. A personal share of a limited resource.
   • 2008, Shmuley Boteach, The Broken American Male: And How to Fix Him, →ISBN:

     Since soulless capitalism is born of a deprivation mentality in which all are seen as competing against one another, every time one of his friends takes a bigger piece of the pie, it is his piece that is being taken.

   • 2012, Artie Woodington, Stormy Roads We Trod: Before and After Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., →ISBN:

     They are looking for the loopholes that will give them a bigger piece of the pie, loopholes that will help them in their fight to be top dog.

   • 2012, J. F. Swartz, Theft of the American Dream: Understanding the Financial Crisis, →ISBN:

     This fact will dramatically affect all things financial and economic, including your little piece of the pie.

2. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see piece,‎ pie.

Translations

personal share

Chinese: Mandarin: 一杯羹 (yī bēi gēng)

Finnish: osuus (fi), siivu kakusta Portuguese: please add this translation if you can