fin

(one's) finest hour

The moment or time of one's greatest success or achievement. The team's come-from-behind victory in the semi-finals proved to be their finest hour.
See also: fin, hour

(one's) Sunday finest

One's very best clothes, as one would wear to a Sunday church service. Instead of some big party, let's all get dressed up in our Sunday finest and go for lunch at a fancy restaurant for my birthday! This is going to be a formal event, so please come dressed in your Sunday finest.
See also: fin, Sunday

(some city's) finest

The police force of a particular city. New York's finest were able to apprehend the thief.
See also: fin

fin de siècle

Occurring at the end of a century, especially the 19th century (when traditional values were in a state of upheaval). This French phrase means "end of century." A work like "The Importance of Being Earnest" can help us to better understand fin de siècle sensibilities.
See also: DE, fin

New York's finest

A police officer, or the police in general, in New York City. Can either be used sincerely or sarcastically. It took nearly four hours before New York's finest showed up after I called in the burglary. This parade is in honor of New York's finest, who risk their lives every day to help keep our city safe.
See also: fin, new
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

your finest hour

the time of your greatest success.
1940 W. S. Churchill Speech to House of Commons Let us therefore brace ourselves to that duty, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Commonwealth and its Empire lasts for a thousand years, men will still say, ‘This was their finest hour’.
See also: fin, hour

—'s finest

the police of a specified city. North American informal
2000 Nelson DeMille The Lion's Game As I indicated, I was a homicide detective, one of New York's Finest.
See also: fin
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

fin

and finn (fɪn)
n. a five-dollar bill. (Germanic via Yiddish. As in German funf = five.) I gave the old guy a finn, and he nearly passed out.

New York’s finest

n. a New York City police officer. Three of New York’s finest were standing there at my door with my lost dog.
See also: fin, new
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • (one's) finest hour
  • your finest hour
  • at (one's) doorstep
  • at doorstep
  • at expense
  • at somebody's expense
  • at someone's expense
  • at (one's) expense
  • (one's) day in court
  • (from) top to toe
References in periodicals archive
The report has presented a synopsis of the market players leading the global Surfboard Fin Market.
Surfboard Fin Market By Production, Manufacturer, Growth, Supply, Demand, SWOT Analysis Forecast To 2025
Canada's bill bans the import and export, to and from Canada, of shark fins that are not attached to the shark.
Canada becomes the first G20 country to ban shark fin trade
Unable to swim effectively without their dorsal fins, they sink to the bottom of the sea and die of suffocation or are eaten by other predators.
Up to 100 sharks wash up DEAD on beach sparking fears their fins were ripped off; Marine conservationists fear the fish were victims of shark finning, meaning their dorsal fins were ripped off and they were thrown back into the sea
rubripes, and cause main symptoms of fin rot and skin ulceration.
Studies on Bacterial Diversity and Vibrio harveyi Distribution Associated with Diseased fugu (Takifugu rubripes) in Northeastern China
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) under the Ministry of Commerce has prohibited the export of shark fins of all species through a notification issued in February 2015.
8000 kg of shark fins seized from Mumbai, Gujarat
Inadequate institutions describes nations with little to no policies regulating the shark fin trade and the act of finning, ineffective or no enforcement of policies implanted, weak or ill-defined property rights in their waters, and they contribute to equivocation of data reporting.
Institutions in the Shark Fin Market: Externalities and Incentives
Though the import of shark fins is permitted in Hong Kong, the shipment of the species - listed by the U.N. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) - must be accompanied by a permit. Hong Kong has also moved to stop illegal trading.
Fins Of Endangered Whale Shark Species Found In Singapore Airlines Shipment
Establishments may also choose to stop serving shark's fin for a trial period of time.
More Singapore food establishments shun shark's fin
These findings show that the chosen porous fin medium had little effect on the Nusselt number values.
Heat Transfer by Porous Pin Fins and Nanofluid in Rectangular Minichannels
Impact of fin density on thermal-hydrualic performance: Fin density (often defined as FPI-Fin Per Inch) is an important parameter which can impact the thermal-hydraulic performance of the heat exchanger.
Thermal-Hydraulic Performance of Wavy-Fin Heat Exchanger Under Dehumidifying Condition
Shark finning--the inhumane, wasteful practice of removing a shark's fins at sea and tossing the animal back to die--is banned in the United States but practiced in some parts of the world, especially due to demand for shark fin soup.
Sustainably sourced shark fins?
Fin fish accounted for 35.4% of total seafood dollar sales and 45.5% of total fresh seafood sales during the latest 52 weeks ending Aug.
Fin Fish Reel In Sales in Central, Western U.S.: Salmon, tilapia and catfish net the majority of 52-week category sales
Les reserves de change de l`Algerie se sont etablies a 103 milliards de dollars a fin aout 2017 (contre 105 milliards de dollars en juillet 2017), a indique jeudi le Premier ministre, Ahmed Ouyahia.
Les reserves de change a 103 milliards de dollars a fin aout 2017
Globally, the shark population is under extreme stress, primarily due to the rise of China and a growing middle class with a taste for a cultural dish: shark fin soup.
FROM SHARK FINNING TO SHARK FISHING: A STRATEGY FOR THE U.S. & EU TO COMBAT SHARK FINNING IN CHINA & HONG KONG