Pièce de résistance

As a pièce de résistance ( / pjɛs də re zi stɑs /, French, actually " piece that offers resistance " within the meaning of solid, heavy food) is in the classical menu sequence refers to the main dish, usually a piece of meat such as roasts or poultry. Another term is large pièce.

The pièce de résistance figuratively is used by ' core, the heart, the main thing "or for an outstanding performance (comparable to the " masterpiece " or" flagship " ) used in the sense; next recorded Meyers Great Conversation Lexicon of 1911 also has a pejorative connotation, namely " especially for a bombastic, boring editorial. " the current Duden features the word obsolete.