That would just be gravy on the icing

The yuck factor is high on this one, but it’s a great malaphor.  It was said by someone who was discussing the possibility of getting more money than she anticipated.  This is a congruent conflation of “icing on the cake” and “the rest is just gravy”, both meaning an extra enhancement.  Perhaps this one describes a little too much enhancement.    Coincidentally, I received this malaphor from two people last week who don’t know each other so kudos to Deb Rose and Jonathan Ogle for sending this one in!

 


One Comment on “That would just be gravy on the icing”

  1. Deb Rose's avatar Deb Rose says:

    It was Jonathan’s mother who said it in my living room. How the heck do you know Jonathan?

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