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.
Examples of icing on the cake in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
And [Al Roker] making an appearance was icing on the cake!!
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Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
Its relative affordability is just icing on the cake.
—Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 26 Mar. 2024
The endearing patterns are really just icing on the cake.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2024
The fact that new players can claim up to €2,500 is just icing on the cake.
—Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024
The convenient slip-on design is really just icing on the cake.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 29 Feb. 2024
The two spacious side pockets are icing on the cake to an already impeccable pair of workout tights.
—Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2024
Today there is a reflexive tendency to think of literature, and also other forms of culture, as an extra, as an ornament, as icing on the cake, as something that is expendable and unnecessary.
—Merve Emre, The New York Review of Books, 13 Feb. 2024
Comedy cameos from his pals (Ray Romano, Patton Oswalt, Allison Janney, the late Paul Reubens) are icing on the cake along with a healthy helping of humor.
—EW.com, 10 Nov. 2023
Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
Its relative affordability is just icing on the cake.
—Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 26 Mar. 2024
The endearing patterns are really just icing on the cake.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2024
The fact that new players can claim up to €2,500 is just icing on the cake.
—Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024
The convenient slip-on design is really just icing on the cake.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 29 Feb. 2024
The two spacious side pockets are icing on the cake to an already impeccable pair of workout tights.
—Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2024
Today there is a reflexive tendency to think of literature, and also other forms of culture, as an extra, as an ornament, as icing on the cake, as something that is expendable and unnecessary.
—Merve Emre, The New York Review of Books, 13 Feb. 2024
Comedy cameos from his pals (Ray Romano, Patton Oswalt, Allison Janney, the late Paul Reubens) are icing on the cake along with a healthy helping of humor.
—EW.com, 10 Nov. 2023
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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 26 Apr. 2024.
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