icing on the cake

Posted by ESC on February 03, 2006

In Reply to: Icing on the cake posted by Christina on February 02, 2006

: What does "puts the icing on the cake" mean?

You've already got the cake. Getting icing on the cake just makes it a little sweeter. "We won a two-week vacation at the beach. Getting free car rental too was the icing on the cake."