Idiom | icing on the cake |
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Meaning | an additional advantage; when one good thing happens, then another good thing happens along with it note: Icing is the creamy glaze put on top of a cake to decorate it and make it sweeter. The cake is already good enough — putting icing on top is something extra which makes it even better. |
Example | Alison won $2 million in a sexual harassment lawsuit against her employer. And here's the icing on the cake: her company will have to pay all of her legal fees too! |
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