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• (to) take the biscuit — • to add insult to injury, to be even worse than first thought. e.g. I can t believe what he did, that really takes the biscuit ! …   Londonisms dictionary

• take the biscuit — (ironic) To surpass everything else • • • Main Entry: ↑biscuit * * * take the biscuit british informal phrase to be the most silly, stupid, or annoying thing in a series of things This latest plan of yours really takes the biscuit! Thesaurus: to …   Useful english dictionary

• take the biscuit — (UK)    If something takes the biscuit, it is the absolute limit.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    This expression refers to something very irritating or annoying.     After waiting for an hour, we were told that there were no seats left.… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• biscuit — bis|cuit S3 [ˈbıskıt] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: bescuit, from Latin bis twice + coctus cooked ] 1.) BrE a small thin dry cake that is usually sweet and made for one person to eat American Equivalent: cookie ▪ a packet of chocolate …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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• 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

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