Daily life
the icing on the cake
an extra good thing
An extra good thing that makes an already good situation even better.
Hear it in real life
Did you enjoy the concert?
Yes, and meeting the singer afterwards was the icing on the cake.
The hotel was comfortable, and the sea view was the icing on the cake.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The view was an icing on the cake.
Say: The view was the icing on the cake.
This idiom normally uses the definite article 'the.'
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
be the icing on the cake; put the icing on the cake
Your turn: say it out loud
The hotel was comfortable, and the sea view was the icing on the cake.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
the icing on the cake
an extra good thing
“The hotel was comfortable, and the sea view was the icing on the cake.”
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