Sell like hot cakes
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 10To sell quickly
हाथों-हाथ बिकना
The book sold like hot cakes for seven weeks.
To sell like hot cakes is demand and not quality.
Daily use: Hot cakes ki tarah bik gayi.
Hot cakes तवे से उतरते ही बिक जाते हैं, ठंडे होने का मौका ही नहीं मिलता। वैसे ही जो चीज़ sell like hot cakes करे, वह हाथों-हाथ बिक जाती है।
Hot cakes are sold the moment they come off the pan; nobody waits for them to cool. In the same way, when a product sells like hot cakes, it sells very quickly and in large numbers.
Meaning है तेज़ी से बिकना। Options में इसके opposite 'gather dust' (धूल खाना, न बिकना) आता है और 'do a roaring trade' (ख़ूब धंधा होना) भी दिखता है।
Meaning: to sell quickly. Options often set it against 'gather dust' (remain unsold); also seen near 'do a roaring trade' (do very good business).