Meaning of icing on the cake | Babel Free
Definitions
A thing which intensifies the appreciation of something already good, or (ironic) the regretting of something already bad.
idiomatic
Equivalents
Čeština
třešnička na dortu
Español
la guinda del pastel
Suomi
sokerina pohjalla
Français
cerise sur le gâteau
Italiano
la ciliegina sulla torta
Nederlands
kers op de taart
Polski
wisienka na torcie
Examples
“We went out for dinner and dancing and the icing on the cake was when my boyfriend proposed to me as we danced.”
“I was having a really bad day at work, but the icing on the cake was getting soaked by a car passing through a puddle.”
“With such advantages as these, the superior thermal efficiency of the diesel becomes no more than the icing on the cake.”
““I'm happy right now. I don't need to test-drive a bunch of lemons to get me there. But happily ever after? That's a trip worth taking. The pièce de résistance. The crème de la crème. The—” “The icing on the cake,” Dana said. Michelle raised her glass in a toast. “Exactly.””
“Like the stations on Birmingham's Camp Hill line, Darlaston and Willenhall are arriving later than expected. But for those living in the area they're certainly worth the wait. And if a service to Walsall can be funded, that will be the icing on the cake for two areas that have been without a railway station for more than 50 years.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.