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the pièce de résistance

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the pièce de résistance
the best or most important thing in a group or series The pièce de résistance of his act was to make a car vanish on stage.


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The pièce de résistance was a downright confusing parody song where Mr.
“And now the pièce de résistance for the rice pudding,” she said, without a trace of irony, as she poured a Santa Julia from Argentina, a light late-harvest wine.
 
 
 
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