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| monopoly on the truth (segu); sole possessor of ultimate truth (disk_d); the ultimate truth (bigmaxus); last word (Maxim Prokofiev); unappealable truth (Liv Bliss); the only truth (I don't purport to have the only truth – Я не утверждаю, что я истина в последней инстанции grafleonov) | |||
| sacred cow | |||
| holy writ ("But just because these people claim to be experts doesn't mean their every utterance should be treated as holy writ." – James Delingpole, The Spectator, 7 Apr. 2018 VLZ_58); the Gospel (Yakov F.) | |||
| truth of last resort (VLZ_58); claimant to a monopoly of absolute truth (Претендовать на истину в последней инстанции может кто угодно, и претендентов полно. – Anyone can claim a monopoly of absolute truth, and claimants are plentiful. VLZ_58) | |||
| gospel truth (Ratings can at best be the verdict of the sampled population, never the gospel's truth. 4uzhoj) | |||
| absolute truth (igisheva) | |||
| ultimate truth | |||
| истина в последней инстанции: 5 phrases in 4 subjects |
| American usage, not spelling | 1 |
| General | 1 |
| Idiomatic | 2 |
| Rhetoric | 1 |