sweet as pie
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Meaning · English
Extremely sweet (in the sense of cute, lovely).
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
this woman was a freaking saint. Okay?[…]after a lifetime of being sweet as pie, once Grandpa died, she got kinda ornery.
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org). Figurative class: Simile (PIE-English corpus, CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-31).
Common questions
What does “sweet as pie” mean?
Extremely sweet (in the sense of cute, lovely).
Is “sweet as pie” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.