The-icing-on-the-cake Definition

noun
(idiomatic) Something that intensifies the appreciation of something already good.
I managed to win the marathon, but the icing on the cake was when my boyfriend proposed to me as soon as I crossed the finish line.
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The-icing-on-the-cake Sentence Examples

  • The rest is like putting the icing on the cake.

  • As the icing on the cake I fancied chocolate peanuts for dessert.

  • A drop goal from O'Connor put the icing on the cake for Ulster in the dying minutes.

  • We felt very pampered - lovely breakfast and the Champagne in the room was the icing on the cake!

  • Seeing Wenger's little tantrum where he took out his frustration on his chair was the icing on the cake.

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