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icing on the cake

Idioms

Also, 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]

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icing on the cake

Any enrichment and information is icing on the cake.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

The cup, however, is mere icing on the cake.

From BBC ● May 23, 2026

But he said the icing on the cake was finding out Olivia was pregnant, due in June - and there was a surprise in store.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

"But if all our instruments are powered up, and we can do important testing and calibration of the science instruments, that would be the icing on the cake."

From Science Daily ● May 11, 2026

Mae dipped a finger into the icing on the cake and popped it into her mouth.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate

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icing on the cake

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