the icing on the cake | the frosting on the cake
This page is about the idiom the icing on the cake | the frosting on the cake
Meaning
If something is the icing on the cake, or the frosting on the cake, it makes a good situation or a good result even better.
For example
- The fifty thousand dollars the government will give to every athlete who wins a gold medal in the Olympics will be the icing on the cake for them.
- I was happy just to get my book published, so winning the young writer's prize as well is the frosting on the cake.
"The icing on the cake" is used more in British and Australian English and "the frosting on the cake" is used more in American English.
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Contributor: Matt Errey