the icing on the cake
Noun
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Noun
- (idiomatic) Something that intensifies the appreciation of something already good.
- We went out for dinner and dancing and the icing on the cake was when my boyfriend proposed to me as we danced.
- 2013, Alison Kent, The Icing on the Cake, Hachette UK (ISBN 9781409128960)
- “I'm happy right now. I don't need to test-drive a bunch of lemons to get me there. But happily ever after? That's a trip worth taking. The pièce de résistance. The crème de la crème. The—” “The icing on the cake,” Dana said. Michelle raised her glass in a toast. “Exactly.”
- cherry on the cake
- cherry on top
- French: la cerise sur le gâteau
- German: Sahnehäubchen, das Sahnehäubchen auf dem Kuchen
- Italian: la ciliegina sulla torta
- Portuguese: a cereja do bolo
- Russian: ви́шенка на то́рте
- Spanish: la guinda del pastel
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