cherry on top
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]An allusion to cakes, which are sometimes topped with cherries.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]cherry on top (plural cherries on top)
- Synonym of icing on the cake
- 2022 November 21, David Hytner, “England open World Cup in style with Bukayo Saka double in 6-2 rout of Iran”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Everything is possible, Southgate had said on Sunday, as he sought to consign the dismal Nations League campaign to unwanted history. This was a display to fire optimism. There was even the cherry on top of a late sixth for Jack Grealish, who had entered as a substitute, from a pull-back from another replacement, Callum Wilson.
- 2022 December 28, Christian Wolmar, “Annus horribilus must mark a turning point for our railway”, in RAIL, number 973, page 44:
- But at least investment was on the agenda. Now the state of the industry can be described as blancmange, an incoherent muddle without even a cherry on top. And that has not gone unnoticed.