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icing on the cake

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the icing on the cake (British, American & Australian, 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


the icing on the cake
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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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