take the cake

As far-fetched as all the conspiracy theories have been thus far, this one takes the cake.

I didn’t take the cake from the angel’s hand.

Kyrgios added that while he might have been accused of being irresponsible or stupid, “this takes the cake.”

As Hong takes stock of the joyful moments that have come with doing work deeply rooted in their passions, there’s a particular experience that consistently takes the cake: providing flowers for queer weddings.

In the annals of “terrific throwaway shots from ‘Perry Mason,’” the vertiginous angle with which Perry’s fire-escape exit from his compromised apartment, broken into by parties unknown the previous week, takes the cake.