the frosting on the cake
the frosting on the cake
Something desirable that makes an already good situation even better. I was so proud of my daughter for finishing her Master's degree, but finding out she finished at the top of her class was the frosting on the cake!
See also: cake, frosting, on
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- be the best of a bad bunch
- be the best of a bad lot
- goldmine
- be sitting on a gold mine
- do better to (do something)
- do better to do something
- sit on a gold mine of (something)
- cannot hold a candle to
- can't hold a candle to (someone or something)
- can't hold a candle to someone/something