in the crown
Synonyms
Examples
The goalkeeper is the jewel in the crown and getting at him should be almost impossible. It's the biggest sin in football to make him do any work.
He was the undisputed jewel in the crown of Indian music; one who will not be born in the next few centuries. He gave a new meaning to shehnai.
I've been to India a lot, ever since when my mum was in 'Jewel In The Crown.'
I felt privileged to be a facet of such a jewel in the crown of American cinema.
Gauss liked to call [number theory] 'the Queen of Mathematics'. For Gauss, the jewels in the crown were the primes, numbers which had fascinated and teased generations of mathematicians.