Definition of "cherry on top"
cherry on top
noun
plural cherries on top
(idiomatic) Synonym of icing on the cake (“a thing which intensifies the appreciation of something already good, or (ironic) bad”).
Quotations
Everything is possible, [Gareth] Southgate had said on Sunday, as he sought to consign the dismal [UEFA] 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 November 21, David Hytner, “World Cup 2022: England open World Cup in style with Bukayo Saka double in 6–2 rout of Iran”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, archived from the original on 16 August 2025
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.
2022 December 28, Christian Wolmar, “Annus Horribilus Must Mark a Turning Point for Our Railway”, in Rail, number 973, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, page 44