icing on the cake | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Something that intensifies the appreciation of something already good (or bad in an ironic sense depending on the context).We went out for dinner and dancing andthe icing on the cakewas when my boyfriend proposed to me as we danced.2013, Alison Kent,The Icing on the Cake, Hachette UK,→ISBN:“I'm happy right now. I don't need to test-drive a bunch of lemons to get me there. But happily ever after? That's a trip worth taking. The pièce de résistance. The crème de la crème. The—” “The icing on the cake,” Dana said. Michelle raised her glass in a toast. “Exactly.”

Examples:

EN: With a lover thrown in, as icing on the cake. But did you ever feel anything with your heart?
ES: ¿Nunca has sentido nada con el corazón?
EN: I think the icing on the cake...
ES: Creo que la guinda...
EN: You're going to pay Bébert, I mean Albert, to be Popaul's father? That's the icing on the cake.
ES: ¿Quieres pagar a Bébert, digo Albert, para que haga de padre de Popaul?
EN: And as icing on the cake, fate serves me up with a cardinal.
ES: Y en el colmo de sus bondades, el destino me ha gratificado... con un cardenal.
EN: So the next time there'd be icing on the cake.
ES: La próxima vez habría ganado la apuesta.
EN: Everything else is just icing on the cake.
ES: Lo demás es la guinda de la tarta. ¿Entiendes?
EN: The icing on the cake.
ES: - ¿Dromard? El tipo que me faltaba.
ES: La guinda final.
EN: - The icing on the cake!
ES: - La guinda del pastel.
EN: A little icing on the cake, a little pizzazz, a little hype.
ES: Un poco de azúcar, un poco de revuelo, de publicidad.
EN: -Just put the icing on the cake... -Liz. -Liz.
ES: ¡Pon el glaseado en la tarta, no en el jersey de tu hermana!
EN: Of course, the entertainment's just the icing on the cake.
ES: Claro, el espectáculo solo es para amenizar la noche.
EN: The money is just icing on the cake.
ES: El dinero el lo de menos.
EN: Wasn't Hilary falling in love with Tray just the icing on the cake?
ES: ¿Y que Hilary se enamorara de Tray no te empezó a preocupar?
EN: It's just the icing on the cake.
ES: Eso es solo una parte.
EN: The booger was the icing on the cake.
ES: El moco fué la cubierta de la torta.

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