that takes the cake
that is the best and wins the prize
TRANSLATION
Das ist das Höchste
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"SYDNEY, Australia - You may have have heard of cabin fever, but this TAKES THE CAKE. Airline passenger Henry Smithton was on a plane from Sydney to Tokyo. The bizarre thing is that he was drunk and thought he was on a bus.
So disturbed because he could not "get off at the next stop", Smithton had to be restrained from opening the cabin door at the altitude of 26,000 feet. He was arrested by airport authorities in Tokyo upon landing."
So disturbed because he could not "get off at the next stop", Smithton had to be restrained from opening the cabin door at the altitude of 26,000 feet. He was arrested by airport authorities in Tokyo upon landing."
Did you
know?
take the cake
This idiom first appeared in the mid 1800s - if something is the best it deserves the first prize (i.e. the cake).
Here are a few more common "cake" expressions:
to have one's cake and eat it = auf zwei Hochzeiten tanzen; alles auf einmal haben wollen
cherry (icing) on the cake = das Sahnehäubchen; das Tüpfelchen auf dem I
That's a piece of cake = Das ist einfach, Das ist leicht, ein Kinderspiel
This idiom first appeared in the mid 1800s - if something is the best it deserves the first prize (i.e. the cake).
Here are a few more common "cake" expressions:
to have one's cake and eat it = auf zwei Hochzeiten tanzen; alles auf einmal haben wollen
cherry (icing) on the cake = das Sahnehäubchen; das Tüpfelchen auf dem I
That's a piece of cake = Das ist einfach, Das ist leicht, ein Kinderspiel
