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Old July 16, 2009, 03:31 PM
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Arrow To put the icing on the cake

in spanish???
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I don't use it as "to put icing on the cake". I'd say something like "That's just icing on the cake", referring to any kind of extra/additional benefit you were not expecting.
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That did occur to me, and should work when using "icing on the cake" in a negative sense.
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I think you can use por si fuese poco.
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