cream in one's coffee

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)Something that one relishes.1928, “You're the Cream in my Coffee”,Buddy DeSylva,Lew Brown(lyrics),Ray Henderson(music):You're thecream in my coffee. You're the salt in my stew. You will always be my necessity. I'd be lost without you.1992July 4, Frank R.A.J. Maloney, “90210”, insoc.motss‎[1](Usenet):As for sideburns, the attraction was lost on me even in the 50s, but big, anachronistic muttonchops on hippy boys were thecream in my coffeein the 60s.

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