Examples of use of Maraschino cherry
1. "This is the maraschino cherry on the banana split of bad luck I have been having," the self–proclaimed sex–addict Sizemore said in a statement issued by Los Angeles–based sex film studio Vivid Entertainment.
2. After the 1'36 election, in which President Franklin Roosevelt shellacked the Republican nominee in all but two states, a humorist wrote: "If the outcome of this election hasn‘t taught you Republicans not to meddle in politics, I don‘t know what will." If, after the Foley episode –– a maraschino cherry atop the Democrats‘ delectable sundae of Republican miseries – the Democrats cannot gain 13 seats, they should go into another line of work. georgewill@washpost.com