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icing on the cake
Fig. an extra enhancement. Oh, wow! A tank full of gas in my new car. That's icing on the cake! Your coming home for a few days was the icing on the cake.
See also: cake

the icing on the cake  (British, American & Australian) also the frosting on the cake (American)
something which makes a good situation even better I was just content to see my daughter in such a stable relationship but a grandchild, that was really the icing on the cake.
See also: cake

icing on the cake
something good that is added to another good thing He was delighted to have his story published – getting paid for it was just icing on the cake.
See also: cake


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The final flight test in actual icing conditions was completed on March 1, 2006 in Provo, Utah.
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