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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The Rock joining them just seems to be icing on the cake.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
Little details like easy-pull bungy cords around the waist and hood are icing on the cake.
—Will Porter, Travel + Leisure, 16 Dec. 2024
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.
—Doug Gollan, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
To get a nomination for the Grammys was icing on the cake.
—Griselda Flores, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
Little details like easy-pull bungy cords around the waist and hood are icing on the cake.
—Will Porter, Travel + Leisure, 16 Dec. 2024
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.
—Doug Gollan, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
To get a nomination for the Grammys was icing on the cake.
—Griselda Flores, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
See all Example Sentences for icing on the cake
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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 18 Jan. 2025.
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