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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Being AmazonBasics items, most are already affordable, so the extra discount is just icing on the cake.
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Louryn Strampe, Wired News, 16 Aug. 2025
To put icing on the cake, just last year, on August 12, 2024, Swift wore an orange-and-green plaid outfit, possibly hinting that something was on the way.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2025
Other related applications would be icing on the cake.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 June 2025
In a contract negotiation, most people want to maximize their cash compensation and have the equity compensation as icing on the cake.
—Cicely Jones, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Louryn Strampe, Wired News, 16 Aug. 2025
To put icing on the cake, just last year, on August 12, 2024, Swift wore an orange-and-green plaid outfit, possibly hinting that something was on the way.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2025
Other related applications would be icing on the cake.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 June 2025
In a contract negotiation, most people want to maximize their cash compensation and have the equity compensation as icing on the cake.
—Cicely Jones, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 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 1 Sep. 2025.
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