Holy Grail
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English
Etymology
From Middle English Holy Grayle.
(web page layout): So called because it was traditionally difficult to achieve with the available markup.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
the Holy Grail (plural Holy Grails)
- (Arthurian legend) An artifact in Arthurian mythology, being the cup used by Christ at the Last Supper and in which some of his blood was caught during the crucifixion.
- (Internet, informal) A web page layout with fixed-width columns to the left and right, and a central area that fills the remaining space.
Translations
artifact in Christian mythology
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Noun
Holy Grail (plural Holy Grails)
- (figuratively) Anything that is highly sought-after but attained only through difficult endeavor.
- Nanotechnology is the holy grail of medicine.
- 2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.3, at p.65:
- Pushing fifty, Alphonse was still afraid to approach women. Still searching for his holy grail, too: a 1965 yellow Mustang hardtop with 289-cubic-inch engine, four-barrel carburetor, and solid-lifter valve train. He belonged to something called the Yellow Mustang Registry. Checked eBay five or six times a day. Phoenician Yellow, his dream car had to be, not the paler Springtime Yellow, also available back in '65.
Alternative forms
Translations
distant or difficult, sought-after goal
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