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(really) take the biscuit

UK (US (really) take the cake) informal

Definition

You say that something or someone (really) takes the biscuit when it or they have done something that you find extremely annoying or surprising: And you say she's opening your letters now? Oh, that really takes the biscuit!Expressions of surpriseExpressions of anger
(Definition of (really) take the biscuit from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)