cherry on top

cherry on top

The flourish that caps something off (much like a cherry tops off an ice cream sundae). Sometimes used in the phrase "pretty please with a cherry on top." Today, I failed a test and lost out on the lead in the school play, but do you know what was the cherry on top? I got a ticket on my way home! Can you help me with this project? Please, pretty please with a cherry on top?
See also: cherry, on, top
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • eggs is eggs
  • (as) sure as eggs (is eggs)
  • (one's) best foot forward
  • best foot forward
  • church key
  • 57
  • and the rest
  • and how
  • and how!
  • but for the grace of God