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That would just be gravy on the icing

Posted: October 6, 2014 | Author: | Filed under: cake, FOOD, gravy | Tags: , , , , , , , , , |1 Comment

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!

 

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

  1. Deb Rose says:
    October 6, 2014 at 4:34 pm

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

    Sent from my iPhone

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