Mount Everest
Proper noun
This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.002
Proper noun
- The world’s highest mountain, located in the Himalayas between Nepal and Tibet.
- (figurative) Epitome, ultimate; an endeavor that is very demanding yet rewarding.
- 2017, David Salazar (interview with Russell Thomas), Q & A: Tenor Russell Thomas on His First ‘Otello’ & Historic Met ‘Bohème’, OperaWire (October 4, 2017):
- OW: Many see it as the Mount Everest of tenor roles. What made you feel ready to take it on at this moment in your life? And why with ASO?
- RT: It definitely is the Mount Everest of tenor roles!!
- 2018, Tim Carman, Can a chile pepper really cause an ‘incapacitating’ headache?, The Washington Post (April 12, 2018):
- To people of a certain disposition — thrill-seekers, daredevils, folks who never want to taste their food again — the Carolina Reaper is the Mount Everest of foodstuffs. It must be conquered.
- 2017, David Salazar (interview with Russell Thomas), Q & A: Tenor Russell Thomas on His First ‘Otello’ & Historic Met ‘Bohème’, OperaWire (October 4, 2017):
- (historic) Peak XV
- (Nepali) Sagarmatha
- (Tibetan) Chomolungma
- (PRC Tibetan, official) Qomolangma
- (Mandarin Chinese) Zhumulangma
- (figurative) mother of all
- French: mont Everest
- Italian: Everest, monte Everest
- Portuguese: Monte Everest
- Russian: Эвере́ст
- Spanish: Monte Everest
This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.002