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icing on the cake

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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, icing

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, icing


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But getting Elisa to the Olympics-that will be the icing on the cake of a lifetime if we can make it happen.
For DWP workers, who are already paid wages 20 percent or more higher than other city employees doing comparable work, the deal was just icing on the cake.
Our soft goods renovation is the icing on the cake.
 
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