finest hour
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4.6
- noun
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mejor momento
- Many consider landing the lead role in the new play to be her finest hour.
- one of the finest hours
- perhaps the finest hour
And she's saying high school wasn't your finest hour, was it?
- And she's saying high school wasn't your finest hour, was it?
- And he says it would be a shame if in the moment of your potential finest hour, you weren't ready or you rejected it.
- He says that he's not aiming to absolve bank management, he just wanted to make clear that this wasn't the finest hour for many players.
- But likewise, the defence of John Brown was transcendentalism's finest hour.
Examples
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This was their finest hour.
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This is my finest hour.
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And I would say we have the unique opportunity as the church to step into what could be our finest hour in this nation.
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The history books record it as your finest hour.
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This will be our finest hour.
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I consider that our finest hour.
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Yes, Detroit is enjoying its finest hour.
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"Bengal's finest hour" was how a history teacher at school put it.
Blog text (31) -
Monse's finest hour came in the dying days of the Empire.
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Scholars recall the coverage as TV's finest hour, and the assassination coverage helped the networks' relationship with the FCC.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
31
5.8
The highest point of success or achievement
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3.5
A person's best ever result in an activity or sport
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6.2
The highest point of success or power
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1.0
The greatest effort a person can make
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5.0
A person or thing at the highest level of quality
At the highest point of success or popularity for someone
Antonyms
How Successful
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines 'fine' (excellent) and 'hour' (a span of time), so a B1 learner who knows the words can infer it refers to a very good or notable time. However, the conventionalized sense of the single best or peak moment of achievement is somewhat evaluative and idiomatic, so the precise nuance may not be fully predictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
Finest hour may come from Winston Churchill's 1940 speech. He used it to praise a short time when people showed great bravery, like a bright, shining hour. So today finest hour means 'the moment of greatest success or achievement'.