Sentences with phrase «proverbial cake»
The phrase "proverbial cake" is used to refer to something that is commonly or metaphorically known or talked about. It is like a symbolic representation of something that is well-known or widely recognized. Full definition
The proverbial cake is still going to be sweet, it's just a matter of how sweet.
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And if they go to church once in awhile, well that's just icing on the proverbial cake for me.
That said, the tuna white bean dip with those lovely pitas is just the icing on the proverbial cake.
We've seen a lot of terrible dress code stories this year, but this one really takes the proverbial cake.
It's an interesting dichotomy: Unchained wants to criticize - and rightfully so - the horrors of the slave trade whilst eating its proverbial cake by having us relish in Django's blood - soaked, revenge - fuelled odyssey.
Sprawling and episodic, this «greed is great» epic is not only the funniest movie of the year, not only has one of the most outstanding performances in recent history, and not only is one of the most explicit films to hit the theaters under the guise of an R - rating, but, like icing on the proverbial cake, it offers a colossally poignant and timely cultural deconstruction of the financial institutions on which our country depends.
This morning, the Seattle Film Critics» Survery unleashed their winners and it was Mad Max: Fury Road who took the proverbial cake and ate it too.
The method of laying out a corpse in Missouri sure took the proverbial cake.
It pays off — if you have a credit score of 800 or higher, refinancing your mortgage is a piece of the proverbial cake.
But if you're looking for some icing on the proverbial cake, you're in the right place.
For me a video game can not get anymore epic than this, sure it is going to be very sad to see Bungie leave the Halo scene, but at the same time this is going to be the game to put the icing on the proverbial cake, the finisher to end all finishers and indeed probably the best Halo game ever to be created.
Now, a cross-play announcement would be the icing on the proverbial cake...
Apologies to Kratos, Link, Dante, and plenty of other action heroes with quality games, but Prince of Persia takes the proverbial cake.
As Wii Play has shown us, historically, gamers want the accessory and the bundled game is just icing on the proverbial cake.
Now, we can all have our proverbial cake and eat it, too.
Antique or vintage items complete a space for me, the icing on the proverbial cake.