今天我们要讲的美国习惯用语是:icing on the cake. 大家都知道,cake是蛋糕的意思, icing是用来在蛋糕上做点缀的糖霜。如果我们说一件事情是icing on the cake,那就是说好上加好。在中文里也可以说是锦上添花。
举个例子吧,老板刚刚通知我,要给我升职提薪。这本来已经是天大的好消息了,不一会儿秘书又过来告诉我,要给我换一件新装修的办公室,还带窗户呢!这就叫 Icing on the cake. Yippee!
中文里常说,好事成双。让我们听听下面这个女孩子遇到了什么开心的事。她的哥哥说,
例句-1:My little sister was so excited when her braces were taken off her teeth earlier than expected. Even better, she got invited to the school dance by one of the most popular boys in her class the next day. Talk about icing on the cake! She had one great thing happen on top of the other.
例句-2:The baseball magazine I subscribe to ran a contest. And guess what? I received the grand prize: two tickets to the World Series. I couldn't be any luckier than if the Yankees were to win. Seeing my favorite team score another victory would be the icing on the cake!