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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Supplements should be icing on the cake, not the cake itself.
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Fred Sassani, Austin American Statesman, 23 Mar. 2026
Two more goals less than a minute apart from Wolfgang Zinger and Regan later in the frame were icing on the cake.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
But for ski mountaineering films like Trango, the storytelling and narrative arc are just icing on the cake.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 3 Mar. 2026
The central location—with shops and corporate offices at your doorstep—is just icing on the cake.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Feb. 2026
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Fred Sassani, Austin American Statesman, 23 Mar. 2026
Two more goals less than a minute apart from Wolfgang Zinger and Regan later in the frame were icing on the cake.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
But for ski mountaineering films like Trango, the storytelling and narrative arc are just icing on the cake.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 3 Mar. 2026
The central location—with shops and corporate offices at your doorstep—is just icing on the cake.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Feb. 2026
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 2 Apr. 2026.
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