icing on the cake
noun phrase
: something extra that makes a good thing even better
The concert itself was great, and getting to meet the band afterward was (the) icing on the cake.
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In fact, Belmond’s Champenois says its trains do a brisk business of full buyouts, so the dedicated coach is perhaps icing on the cake.
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Doug Gollan, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
To get a nomination for the Grammys was icing on the cake.
—Griselda Flores, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
The five-year warranty and suction cup feet are icing on the cake.
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 28 Nov. 2024
That Jokić’s full-court volleyball attempt came in the midst of a 50-17 run against a Lakers team his Nuggets seemingly take a perverse joy in torturing was icing on the cake.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
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Doug Gollan, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
To get a nomination for the Grammys was icing on the cake.
—Griselda Flores, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
The five-year warranty and suction cup feet are icing on the cake.
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 28 Nov. 2024
That Jokić’s full-court volleyball attempt came in the midst of a 50-17 run against a Lakers team his Nuggets seemingly take a perverse joy in torturing was icing on the cake.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Icing on the cake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/icing%20on%20the%20cake. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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