English-Spanish translations for the icing on the cake

• la cereza sobre el pastel
• la guinda del pastel
  El euro puede ser la guinda del pastel de una buena gestión económica, pero ninguna propaganda ni efecto puede venderlo por sí solo. The euro can be the icing on the cake of sound economic management, but no amount of propaganda or spin can ever sell it on its own.
  Por último, la guinda del pastel es que este informe se niega a dar prioridad a los ciudadanos de la Unión Europea antes de recurrir a los nacionales de terceros países. Finally, the icing on the cake is that this report refuses to give priority to citizens of the European Union before turning to third-country nationals.
  Todos los artistas de Europa se extrañarán de que las instituciones europeas sigan considerando la cultura como la guinda del pastel, como un lujo que viene después de lo necesario. All artists in Europe will be amazed that the European institutions still consider culture to be the icing on the cake, as a luxury that takes second place to necessities.

Definition of the icing on the cake

• Something that intensifies the appreciation of something already good

Examples

• We went out for dinner and dancing and the icing on the cake was when my boyfriend proposed to me as we danced

Related words

• in the vicinity
• in the vicinity of
• therapeutic class of critical medicine
• laughter is the best medicine