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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Olofsson would later add icing on the cake with a late goal in the third to secure his first career hat-trick, and a snowman score for Colorado.
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Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 29 Oct. 2025
Everything else was just icing on the cake.
—Giana Levy, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
The Dallas market was like icing on the cake, and the icing is going to stay on the cake.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2025
Getting nominated for an Emmy is icing on the cake, but the real prize was that juicy arc.
—H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
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Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 29 Oct. 2025
Everything else was just icing on the cake.
—Giana Levy, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
The Dallas market was like icing on the cake, and the icing is going to stay on the cake.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2025
Getting nominated for an Emmy is icing on the cake, but the real prize was that juicy arc.
—H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
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 9 Nov. 2025.
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