moment of truth

1. A critical or decisive time on which much depends; a crucial moment.
2. Sports. The point in a bullfight at which the matador makes the kill.

[Translation of Spanish el momento de verdad.]

A critical or decisive time, at which one is put to the ultimate test, as in Now that all the bills are in, we've come to the moment of truth--can we afford to live here or not? This expression, a translation of the Spanish el momento de la verdad, signifies the point in a bullfight when the matador makes the kill. It was first used in English in Ernest Hemingway's story Death in the Afternoon (1932).

The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: the moment in a bullfight when the matador kills the bull

Meaning #2: a crucial moment on which much depends

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Moment of Truth or The Moment of Truth may refer to:

In music:

• The Moment of Truth (C-Bo and Killa Tay album), an album by C-Bo and Killa Tay
• The Moment of Truth (compilation album), the third volume in The Emo Diaries series
• Moment of Truth (ELO Part II album), an album by ELO Part II
• Moment of Truth (Gang Starr album), an album by Gang Starr
• The Moment of Truth (Milli Vanilli album), an album by Milli Vanilli
• Moment of Truth (Suzy Bogguss album), an album by Suzy Bogguss

In film and television:

• The Moment of Truth (American game show), an American game show
• The Moment of Truth (British game show), a British game show
• Moment of Truth movies, a series of made-for-television movies from the Lifetime cable channel
• "The Moment of Truth" (Merlin), an episode of Merlin
• The Moment of Truth (film), a 1965 Italian film

In fiction:

• The Moment of Truth (Star Wars novel), a novel based on the Star Wars franchise
• Moment of Truth (The Hardy Boys), a Hardy Boys novel

See also

• Epiphany (disambiguation)

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