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icings on the cake

icings on the cake is the plural of icing on the cake.

Meaning of icing on the cake

Noun

icing on the cake (plural (both rare) icings on the cake or icings on the cakes)

  1. (idiomatic) A thing which intensifies the appreciation of something already good, or (ironic) the regretting of something already bad.
    • We went out for dinner and dancing and the icing on the cake was when my boyfriend proposed to me as we danced.

Questions about icings on the cake

What is icings on the cake the plural of?
Icings on the cake is the plural of icing on the cake.

Words near icings on the cake in the dictionary

  1. icing sugars
  2. icing up
  3. icinged
  4. icinglike
  5. icings
  6. icings on the cake
  7. icings on the cakes
  8. ICJ
  9. ick
  10. ick factor
  11. ick factors

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