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DictionarySeeicingthe icing on the cake
icing on the cakeAn additional benefit or positive aspect to something that is already considered positive or beneficial. Having all of you here for my birthday has really been wonderful. This gift is icing on the cake. Sarah really wanted that job, so she said the signing bonus was really just icing on the cake.See also: cake, icing, onicing on the cakeFig. an extra enhancement. Oh, wow! A tank full of gas in my new car. That's icing on the cake! Your coming home for a few days was the icing on the cake.See also: cake, icing, onicing on the cakeAlso, frosting on the cake. An additional benefit to something already good. For example, All these letters of congratulation are icing on the cake, or After that beautiful sunrise, the rainbow is just frosting on the cake. This metaphoric expression alludes to the sweet creamy coating used to enhance a cake. [Mid-1900s] See also: cake, icing, onthe icing on the cake BRITISH, AMERICAN or the frosting on the cake AMERICANCOMMON1. If you describe something as the icing on the cake, you mean that it is an extra good thing that makes a good situation or activity even better. To ride for one's country is the ultimate experience. To be in a winning team is the icing on the cake. If it works out that he or she becomes a friend after you have enjoyed a good professional relationship, that is frosting on the cake.2. You can use the icing on the cake to refer to something which is only a minor part of the main thing you are talking about. Consumer electronics in Japan is now a 35 billion dollars a year business. This is just the icing on the cake. Japanese electronics companies are now generating an annual 200 billion dollars of sales. Finance Minister Vaclav Klaus has dismissed environmental issues as the frosting on the cake.See also: cake, icing, onthe icing on the cake an attractive but inessential addition or enhancement. A North American variant of this phrase is the frosting on the cake . 1996 Independent State education is no longer always free. The jumble sale and the summer fair, which used to provide the icing on the school cake, are now providing the staple fare. See also: cake, icing, onthe icing on the ˈcake something attractive, but not necessary, which is added to something already very good: The meal was perfect, the wonderful view from the restaurant the icing on the cake.See also: cake, icing, onicing on the cake n. an extra enhancement. Oh, wow! A tank full of gas in my new car. That’s icing on the cake! See also: cake, icing, on icing on the cake An additional benefit to something already good.See also: cake, icing, on |