This site uses cookies. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
Cookie settings
  1. KudoZ™ Top
  2. Hindi to English
  3. Idioms / Maxims / Sayings

sone pe suhaga

English translation: 'icing on the cake'

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
Hindi term or phrase:sone pe suhaga
English translation:'icing on the cake'
Entered by: Shaalini Bansal

17:33 Nov 25, 2007
Hindi to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / idioms
Hindi term or phrase: sone pe suhaga
please tell corresponding phase in english
pragati
'icing on the cake'
Explanation:
The term 'icing on the cake' can be used in english to connote the same meaning.
The term 'sone pe suhaga' means added excellence to something or benefit or added bonus or supremacy.
The same thing is implied in english by the phrase 'icing on the cake'.
Selected response from:

Shaalini Bansal
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:59
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +8'icing on the cake'
Shaalini Bansal
4 +2added excellence/richness, one excellence superimposed over another
Rajan Chopra
3 +1Blessing upon blessing/boon upon boon/one after the other fortune/Fourtune's showers
Ramesh Bhatt


  

Answers


7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
added excellence/richness, one excellence superimposed over another


Explanation:
These English equivalents are competent to convey the implied sense.

Example sentence(s):
  • बसेरे से दूर थके-माँदे बटोही को देस की सोंधी गंध समेटे हुई शीतल बयार भला क्यों नहीं लुभाएगी? और अगर
  • ज्ञान और दर्प से दमकता चेहरा, जिस पर आत्मविश्वास सोने पे सुहागा जैसे कहावत को सच करता है।
Rajan Chopra
India
Local time: 11:29
Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  chaman4723
4 hrs
agree  Pundora
6 hrs
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +8
'icing on the cake'


Explanation:
The term 'icing on the cake' can be used in english to connote the same meaning.
The term 'sone pe suhaga' means added excellence to something or benefit or added bonus or supremacy.
The same thing is implied in english by the phrase 'icing on the cake'.


Example sentence(s):
  • Winning the contract was like the final icing on the cake.
Shaalini Bansal
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:59
Native speaker of: Native in BengaliBengali, Native in HindiHindi
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Seema Ugrankar: very apt english equivalent of the idiom
44 mins
  -> Thanks seema!
agree  Ruchi Agarwal
3 hrs
  -> thanks ruchi
agree  chaman4723: apt idiomatic rendering
4 hrs
  -> thanks!
agree  Shera Lyn Parpia: nice!
5 hrs
  -> thanks
agree  Pundora
6 hrs
  -> thanks
agree  georgina singh
13 hrs
  -> thanks
agree  chandan mishra
7 days
  -> thanks
agree  keshab
11 days
  -> thank you!
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Blessing upon blessing/boon upon boon/one after the other fortune/Fourtune's showers


Explanation:
No explanation is required. Any of the above phrases can be used, depending upon the context and suitability of the use and the syntax of the sentence.

Example sentence(s):
  • Blessing upon blessing was that soon after his marriage to her, they together were nominated for the Nobel Prize.
Ramesh Bhatt
Nepal
Local time: 11:44
Native speaker of: Native in UrduUrdu, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  chaman4723
10 days
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:
ProZ.com term search
Search millions of term translations
Close search
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search