| 单词 | not one's finest hour |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot one's finest hour P6. one's finest hour: the time of one's greatest, most noble, or most admirable achievement. Now often in negative contexts, as not one's finest hour.After a speech made by Winston Churchill (1874–1965) on 18 June 1940 (see quot. 1940). ΚΠ 1940 W. S. Churchill in Hansard Commons 18 June 61 So bear ourselves that if the British Commonwealth and Empire lasts for a thousand years men will still say, ‘This was their finest hour.’ 1977 R. Ludlum Chancellor Manuscript (1978) 166 ‘What about..the lies out of Saigon?’ Alison looked away... ‘I'm afraid it wasn't my finest hour.’ 1992 Empire Apr. 60/3 It is, perhaps, his finest hour since first bursting into an unprepared Hollywood more than 30 years ago. 2002 Esquire Mar. 182/3 He shouldn't have had those materials with him in the first place... Let's just say it was not John O'Neill's finest hour. < as lemmas |
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