the icing on the cake

English

Noun

the icing on the cake

1. (idiomatic) Something wonderful at the end of something good.

   I managed to win the marathon, but the icing on the cake was when my boyfriend proposed to me as soon as I crossed the finish line.

Translations

something wonderful at the end of something good

• Czech: třešnička na dortu (cs)
• Finnish: sokerina pohjalla (fi) (sugar at the bottom)
• French: la cerise sur le gâteau (fr) f (the cherry on the cake)
• German: das Sahnehäubchen auf dem Kuchen (de)
• Hungarian: hab a tortán (hu)
• Norwegian: prikken over i'en (no)
• Polish: wisienka na torcie (pl) f (the cherry on the cake)

• Portuguese: a cereja do bolo (pt)
• Romanian: cireașa de pe tort (ro) (the cherry on the cake)
• Russian: вишенка на торте (ru) (víšenka na tórte) f  (the cherry on the cake)
• Spanish: la cereza sobre el pastel (es) f (the cherry on the cake)
• Swedish: grädde på moset (sv) n (the cream on the mash), pricken över i:et (sv) c (the dot above the i)