Mr. Jones takes the cake as a storyteller.
I let Jack borrow my baseball and he never gave it back. Doesn't that take the cake?
For being absent-minded, Mr. Smith takes the cake.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
take the cake — Ⅰ. ► take the biscuit (or chiefly N. Amer. cake) informal be the most remarkable or foolish of its kind. Main Entry: ↑biscuit Ⅱ. ► take the cake see take the biscuit at BISCUIT(Cf. ↑biscuity) … English terms dictionary
take the cake — If something takes the cake, it is the best and takes the honours … The small dictionary of idiomes
take the cake — verb rank first; used often in a negative context He takes the cake for chutzpah! • Hypernyms: ↑win • Verb Frames: Something s Somebody s * * * phrasal : to carry off the prize originally in a cakewalk … Useful english dictionary
Take the Cake — infobox television show name = Take the Cake caption = format = Game show runtime = 60 minutes (w/ commercials) creator = starring = Joe Clair Toccara [cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20070620bet01|title=Endemol USA and… … Wikipedia
take the cake — {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To take the first prize; be the best; rank first. * /Mr. Jones takes the cake as a storyteller./ 2. To be the limit; to be the worst; have a lot of nerve; be a very rude, bold, or surprising action. * /I let Jack borrow my… … Dictionary of American idioms
take the cake — {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To take the first prize; be the best; rank first. * /Mr. Jones takes the cake as a storyteller./ 2. To be the limit; to be the worst; have a lot of nerve; be a very rude, bold, or surprising action. * /I let Jack borrow my… … Dictionary of American idioms
take the cake — verb a) To be especially good or outstanding. Thanks! You guys take the cake. b) To be particularly bad, objectionable, or egregious. Once the party was over, everyone agreed that Elizabeth and her Har … Wiktionary
take the cake — is the worst or the weirdest or the funniest etc. Of all the people I ve met, you take the cake! You re the wildest! … English idioms
take the cake — mainly American to be the worst, most shocking, or most annoying example of something. The usual British expression is take the biscuit I ve heard some ridiculous excuses before, but that takes the cake … English dictionary
take the cake — see take the biscuit at biscuit. → cake … English new terms dictionary
