icing on the cake
noun phrase
: something extra that makes a good thing even better
The concert itself was great, and getting to meet the band afterward was (the) icing on the cake.
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Winning was just icing on the cake.
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Jayson Jenks, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
To have a charismatic muse like Bond at the center—dressed in a Jonathan Anderson bubble dress, no less—is only icing on the cake.
—Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2026
So this is all icing on the cake.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 3 Feb. 2026
And beating the Raptors (29-21) was icing on the cake for Suggs.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2026
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Jayson Jenks, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
To have a charismatic muse like Bond at the center—dressed in a Jonathan Anderson bubble dress, no less—is only icing on the cake.
—Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2026
So this is all icing on the cake.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 3 Feb. 2026
And beating the Raptors (29-21) was icing on the cake for Suggs.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for icing on the cake
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“Icing on the cake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/icing%20on%20the%20cake. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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