sell like hot cakes

Definition

To be sold in large numbers quickly.

Example Sentences

• "During a power outage, candles sell like hot cakes."
• "You're living in a disco / Forget about the rat race / Let's do the Milkshake / Selling like a hotcake"
• "Geffen employees confirm that about half of the initial run of forty-six thousand [copies of Nevermind] went to the Northwest, where it sold like hot cakes."