icing on the cake
Who taught: Andrew
Mandie's cake! How cute is it?
Mandi, one of my church friends, has magical hands for making beautiful cakes. Every time there is an event at my church such as baby shower or farewell party, she brings a beautiful cake. A few days ago, there was Leah’s baby shower at the church in which Jessy participated. She took a picture of the cake Mandie brought and showed it to me. That was awesome. Amazing thing is she has 4 little children. How could she make a cake surrounded by 4 children? Well, she taught them really well. Every time she is trying to make a cake, she tells the children, “OK! if you guys are gentle and not touching the cake while mom is making it, I will put more and delicious icing on the cake. If not, I will not put any! Do you hear me?” Well, they hear really well and, based on their experiences, they know that mom is telling the truth. So, they become so quiet and watch her making cakes. Isn’t it awesome? Mandie, I think you should run a business, customized party cake business. I can set up the web site for you and we can be co-founders. What do you think?
For your better understanding, here is the definition of ICING.
Icing is a sweet substance made from powdered sugar that is used to cover and decorate cakes.
Yummy! I love great icing but the most important thing is the cake itself. I mean if the cake is not really good, what is the point of having a lot of icing on it. I think it is the worst cake ever! Having this concept in your mind, icing on the cake is a good expression for you. The definition of the expression is ;
What makes a good thing even better, although it is not something essential.
Like I said, the cake itself should be good to make icing on the cake even better to have. Andrew used this expression the other day but I forgot in what context he used it. Andrew! Do you remember?
Hmm… What would be a good example for you? What about you are having amazing cup cake and suddenly I brought you a cappuccino. Would it be icing on the cake? Well, maybe, it should be icing on the cup cake??? π
Korean equivalent : κΈμ첨ν (ι¦δΈζ·»θ±) Geum-Sang-Cheom-Hwa. The literal translation is “flower on top of silk.” Silk itself is already beautiful but if you have flower on top of it, that should be really stunning.
Sam-Gyup-Sal would be perfect if we have some Soju to go with it.
That’s the icing on cake, right? π
Terry, how do you call Sam-Gyup-Sal in there?
Do you enjoy with your co-workers and other friends, sometimes? What’s the reaction of them? they like it? π
You know, i do every single day with Soju. really sick and tired of it. You know how hard and high-pressured it is to work in korea.
Hey, i want to have it with you, though. Wait me up there till i’ll bring my ass over there soon as a resident employee. π
That is a real perfect example! I should actually invite my friends over to my house to serve them Sam-Gyup-Sal. I bet Jake would love it. I will let you know how they think about Sam-Gyup-Sal later.
Terry,
I never knew you had this blog. It’s great!!! You have a great way of explaining things. I can’t imagine how hard it would be to learn a new language, especially all the idioms that don’t necessarily make sense without context. I’ll certainly be checking your blog frequently!
If you go to my blog (which I’m really bad about updating), there’s a link called Cake Blog where my sister and I post pictures of the cakes we make. π
Mandie
Thank you! It is hard to learn English idioms, especially tho ones that are not in dictionary. I checked your blog and I really think you should start a business out of it.