English-Finnish translations for of the century

• vuosisadan
  Emme voi tukea vuosisadan suunniteltua rikosta! We cannot support the planned crime of the century!
  Se voidaan siirtää karkeasti ottaen vuosisadan loppuun. It can go to the end of the century, roughly speaking.
  Sepä olisi vuosisadan hankinta, rouva puhemies. That would have been the sale of the century, Madam President.
• vuosisata
  Arvoisa puhemies, tämä vuosisata on ollut kauhea. Vuosisadan loppu on kuitenkin ollut lupaava. This century has been terrible enough, but the end of the century has also been full of promise.

Examples

• The break-in became the crime of the century, at least in the newspapers.
• The "Thrilla in Manilla" was promoted as the fight of the century.

Related words

• put someone off the scent
• turn of the century
• massacre of the innocents
• slaughter of the innocents
• descensus of the uterus
• Day of the Holy Innocents