| 词组 | frosting/icing on the cake |
| 释义 | (redirected from frosting/icing on the cake)icing on the cakeAn additional benefit or positive aspect to something that is already considered positive or beneficial. Having all of you here for my birthday has really been wonderful. This gift is icing on the cake. Sarah really wanted that job, so she said the signing bonus was really just icing on the cake. icing on the cakeFig. an extra enhancement. Oh, wow! A tank full of gas in my new car. That's icing on the cake! Your coming home for a few days was the icing on the cake. icing on the cakeAlso, frosting on the cake. An additional benefit to something already good. For example, All these letters of congratulation are icing on the cake, or After that beautiful sunrise, the rainbow is just frosting on the cake. This metaphoric expression alludes to the sweet creamy coating used to enhance a cake. [Mid-1900s] icing on the cake n. an extra enhancement. Oh, wow! A tank full of gas in my new car. That’s icing on the cake! icing on the cake An additional benefit to something already good. frosting/icing on the cake, theAn extra advantage or additional benefit. This term refers to the sweet creamy topping of a cake and has been transferred since the mid-1900s. A book review in The Listener used it: “All this theology is icing on the cake” (April 3, 1969; cited by the OED). |
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