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For a synonym for "icing on the cake," meaning an extra benefit, we could use "gravy," or "a bonus" or the beautiful Creole ( from the Quechua via Spanish ) word "lagniappe," pronounced lan-yap. That's just the cherry on the Sundae.

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It means that is is just the best of the best! :D

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The idiom "icing on the cake" means an additional, separate aspect to a situation that makes it even better. It is an enhancement or extra provision.

For example, an employee might get a raise and a better position, and also receive a stock option as the "icing on the cake". Or a record company might announce a new upcoming album by a singing star, and the "icing on the cake" for the fans would be a series of promotional concert appearances.

The term can also be used in an ironic (sarcastic) sense to indicate that a bad situation was found to have another unforeseen consequence. (e.g. "Oh, great, the server was down and now my terminal stops working. That's the icing on the cake.")

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It means that you accomplished what you set out to do (the cake) and the icing is something that is above and beyond what you started out to do. It is something extra that is nice but not required. Anything beyond the cake just makes it better.

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The phrase means something extra, that is good that has been added to an already good situation

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Could I? Certainly.

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It means that is is just the best of the best! :D


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