sweet as pie

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sweet as pie (not comparable)

1. (simile) Extremely sweet (in the sense of cute, lovely).
   • 2013, Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Before Midnight (motion picture), spoken by Jesse (Ethan Hawke):

     this woman was a freaking saint. Okay? […] after a lifetime of being sweet as pie, once Grandpa died, she got kinda ornery.