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fiore all'occhiello

English translation: crowning achievement/point

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Italian term or phrase:	fiore all'occhiello
English translation:	crowning achievement/point
Entered by:	Pnina

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04:38 Jun 30, 2005

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Italian term or phrase: fiore all'occhiello

Il fiore all’occhiello della Coop è quello di aver difeso il potere d’acquisto delle famiglie. Nonostante l’Istat abbia rilevato per i prodotti alimentari un’inflazione del 2,2%, i prezzi praticati dalla Coop sono scesi dello 0,50 per cento. Nei primi quattro mesi del 2005 l’Istat registra - 0,4%, mentre i prezzi Coop sono scesi del 2,1 per cento.

Rachel Cope
United States

crowning achievement/point

Explanation:
I have used the search engine Google and have found out that the expression "crowning achievement" is written in 8,040 English websites and the expression "crowning point" - in 327 English websites. Here are examples of their usage:
"The new trains are the crowning achievement of a very busy twelve months at Hull Trains."
www.hulltrains.co.uk/press-releases/2005/200505.html
"The crowning achievement in Docklands was Cesar Pelli's 1 Canada Square."
www.watermangroup.co.uk/wg/download/book/Chapter4a.pdf
"The crowning point of this exceptional hotel is its professional staff."
www.travel_hotels_worldwide.com/china-hotels/hong-kong-hote...

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Pnina
Israel
Local time: 20:18

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4 +1	feather in the cap	Marc Vitale
3 +1	"pride and joy"	garrett higgins
3	crowning achievement/point	Pnina

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"pride and joy"

Explanation:
"fiore all'occhiello" means "pride and joy" basically, like a flower in a buttonhole (literally), something worth showing off.
No good English equivalent springs to mind here, though you could just say "The biggest success of the Coop supermarket chain...".
p.s. if you put "flagship" into the search box here at proz.com, you'll learn a little more about "fiore all'occhiello" (as a back translation)

garrett higgins
Ireland
Local time: 18:18
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