finest hour | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Apointin time or a relatively briefperiodof time when an especiallydistinguished,admirable, oreffectiveset of actions is performed.1940June 18, “Churchill Says Hope Not Dead”, inSan Jose Evening News, retrieved28 August 2013, page 1:Winston Churchill proclaimed today to his Parliament and people the beginning of "the battle for Britain"[…]"Let us brace ourselves to our duty, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say: ‘This was theirfinest hour.’"1979August 2, Peter Calamai, “Analysis: It's brave words and bad vibrations”, inEdmonton Journal, Canada, retrieved28 August 2013, pageD20:Commonwealth countries were called upon to rise to theirfinest houragainst the double crises of Rhodesia and global poverty.2010October 13, Tim Padgett, “Chile Celebrates As Miners Emerge from Underground”, inTime, retrieved28 August 2013:The U.S. exulted 40 years ago when it brought its three Apollo 13 astronauts back safely from a disaster in space. Early Wednesday morning, Chile[…]can celebrate its ownfinest houras it rescues its 33 miners from the abyss.2023October 19, Daniel Boffey, quoting Tom Tugendhat, “Israel accuses BBC of ‘modern blood libel’ over reporting of hospital strike”, inThe Guardian‎[1],→ISSN:Speaking on Radio 4’s Today programme on Thursday morning, the UK’s security minister, Tom Tugendhat, criticised “irresponsible speculation” and said it had not been “the BBC’sfinest hour”.

Examples:

EN: (Churchill on radio) "This was their finest hour".
ES: (Churchill en la radio) "Esta fué su mejor hora. "
EN: Meanwhile, throughout Italy, Carlino and his friends were living their finest hour.
ES: Mientras tanto, por toda Italia, Carlino y sus amigos vivían sus días de gloria.
EN: "Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duty so bear ourselves that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth lasts for a thousand years men will still say this was their finest hour."
ES: Debemos, pues, cumplir con nuestro deber... y comportarnos de tal modo, que si el Imperio Británico y su comunidad de naciones perduran durante mil años, sus hombres puedan seguir diciendo que ésta fue su hora más brillante.
EN: I think it'll have to be her finest hour.
ES: Me parece que va a ser su más tierna hora.
EN: This is the battlefield on which we shall fight and here, I promise you, we shall enjoy our finest hour.
ES: Ese es el campo de batalla en el que lucharemos. Y allí, os lo prometo, disfrutaremos de nuestro mejor momento.
EN: Old man, this will be your finest hour.
ES: Está será su mejor hora, mi viejo.
EN: This is the finest hour of my ugly life!
ES: Es ahora de mi fea vida la más bella hora.
EN: Now, fellows, this should be our finest hour.
ES: Muchachos, éste debería ser nuestro mejor momento.
EN: When the gentlemen leave here, I want let them say that this was their finest hour.
ES: Cuando los caballeros se vayan de aquí, quiero que digan que este fue su mejor momento.
EN: Mrs. Cherry said this would be my finest hour.
ES: La Sra. Cherry dijo que éste iba a ser mi mejor momento.
EN: The death struggle of inferior species... is very often the finest hour of their existence... but the end is, nevertheless, the end.
ES: En la lucha por la sobrevivencia de especies inferiores muy a menudo es el mejor momento de su existencia pero el final es, inevitablemente, el final.
EN: It was in cosmopolitan Berlin, enjoying its finest hour, that Hitler saw the embodiment of everything he loathed.
ES: Era en el Berlín cosmopolita, que disfrutaba de su mejor momento, donde Hitler veía la personificación de todo lo que odiaba.
EN: This will be our finest hour.
ES: ¡A toda marcha! Será una gran victoria.
EN: I consider that our finest hour.
ES: Lo considero nuestro mejor momento.
EN: Well, are you ready for your finest hour?
ES: Bueno, ¿estás listo para el gran momento?

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