Timeline for Idiom for describing an unintended benefit
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| Jun 4, 2015 at 15:57 | answer | added | Papa Poule | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 3, 2015 at 9:05 | history | protected | Matt E. Эллен | ||
| Jun 3, 2015 at 1:23 | answer | added | AxeChops | timeline score: -2 | |
| Jun 3, 2015 at 0:40 | answer | added | dbw | timeline score: -2 | |
| Jun 2, 2015 at 21:26 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jun 2, 2015 at 19:16 | answer | added | maxwell | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jun 2, 2015 at 19:15 | answer | added | John Straka | timeline score: -1 | |
| Jun 2, 2015 at 18:38 | history | edited | Tushar Raj |
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| Jun 2, 2015 at 18:08 | answer | added | talrnu | timeline score: 7 | |
| Jun 2, 2015 at 17:34 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/605789536950484992 | ||
| Jun 2, 2015 at 14:32 | answer | added | Misti | timeline score: 0 | |
| S Jun 2, 2015 at 13:18 | history | suggested | Eilia | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 2, 2015 at 13:15 | answer | added | kolossus | timeline score: 11 | |
| Jun 2, 2015 at 12:46 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Jun 2, 2015 at 11:35 | answer | added | Mynamite | timeline score: 9 | |
| Jun 2, 2015 at 10:32 | comment | added | Tushar Raj | @EdwinAshworth: Got it :) | |
| Jun 2, 2015 at 10:22 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | @Tushar Raj Hence the comment rather than an answer. And hence 'is in the same ball-park' rather than ''is what you're after'. | |
| Jun 2, 2015 at 10:20 | comment | added | Tushar Raj |
@EdwinAshworth: icing on the cake doesn't always imply unintended/unexpected benefit, wouldn't you agree? I could say: "Great news: my parents are coming. And the icing on the cake: they're bringing the new phone they just bought for me."
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| Jun 2, 2015 at 10:09 | comment | added | TimR | Who has taken the action? The person who receives the benefit? Or someone else? Or does it not matter who has acted? Benefiting from something you had played no role in is sometimes called a windfall. | |
| Jun 2, 2015 at 7:58 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | The icing on the cake (also, frosting on the cake) is in the same ball-park: 'An additional benefit to something already good. For example, All these letters of congratulation are icing on the cake, or After that beautiful sunrise, the rainbow is just frosting on the cake. This metaphoric expression alludes to the sweet creamy coating used to enhance a cake. [Mid-1900s]' ... The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer | |
| Jun 2, 2015 at 7:54 | review | Low quality posts | |||
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| Jun 2, 2015 at 7:52 | answer | added | ScotM | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jun 2, 2015 at 7:50 | answer | added | Brian Hitchcock | timeline score: 11 | |
| Jun 2, 2015 at 7:49 | answer | added | Tushar Raj | timeline score: 13 | |
| Jun 2, 2015 at 7:38 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jun 2, 2015 at 7:36 | history | asked | Nav | CC BY-SA 3.0 |