crowning glory
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]crowning glory (plural crowning glories)
- The best and most notable aspect of something; the greatest achievement; the most beautiful thing.
- Her hair is her crowning glory.
- 2024 January 24, Stefanie Foster, “Metro-land's legacy for today's railway”, in RAIL, number 1001, pages 58-59:
- The crowning glory of the property developments was then built in 1927-29 as a luxury block of flats above Baker Street […] . Chiltern Court became the home of authors H G Wells and Arnold Bennett.
References
[edit]- “crowning glory”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “crowning glory”, in Collins English Dictionary.