non plus ultra
/ˌnɒn plʌs ˈʌltrə/noun
The highest point or culmination (of).
Origin
Mid 17th century (in an earlier sense). From post-classical Latin non plus ultra ‘(let there) not (be) more (sailing) beyond’, alleged to have been inscribed on the Pillars of Hercules (Straits of Gibraltar) from classical Latin nōn not + plūs more + ultra. So used in French and Italian.
- make a mountain out of a molehill
- make a move
- make a move on (or put the moves on)
- make a muck of
- make a name for oneself
- make an ass of oneself
- make-and-break
- make an effort
- make an end of
- make an enemy of
- make an example of
- make an exhibition of oneself
- make an honest woman of
- make an issue of
- make a noise
- make an (or one's) entrance
- make a (or no) difference
- make a (or one's) fortune
- make a (or one's) pile
- make a pig of oneself
- make a pig's ear of
- make a pitch
- make a plan
- make a play for
- make a point of