the icing on the cake

English

(idiomatic) Something that intensifies the appreciation of something already good.
We went out for dinner and dancing and the icing on the cake was when my boyfriend proposed to me as we danced.

something that intensifies the appreciation of something else

Chinese:
Mandarin: 锦上添花 (zh) (jǐnshàngtiānhuā)
Czech: třešnička na dortu
Danish: prikken over i'et
Finnish: sokerina pohjalla (sugar at the bottom)
French: la cerise sur le gâteau (fr) f (the cherry on the cake)
German: Sahnehäubchen n (icing), das Sahnehäubchen auf dem Kuchen n (the icing on the cake)
Hebrew: הדובדבן שבקצפת‎‎ (he) m (haduvdeván shebakatséfet) (the cherry that's in the whipped cream)
Hungarian: hab a tortán (whipped cream on the cake)

Italian: la ciliegina sulla torta f (the (little) cherry on the cake)
Norwegian: prikken over i'en (the dot above the i)
Polish: wisienka na torcie f (the cherry on the cake)
Portuguese: a cereja do bolo f
Romanian: cireașa de pe tort (the cherry on the cake)
Russian: ви́шенка на то́рте (ru) f (víšenka na tórte) (the cherry on the cake)
Spanish: la guinda del pastel f (the cherry on the cake)
Swedish: grädde på moset (sv) n (the cream on the mash), pricken över i:et (sv) c (the dot above the i)

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