La copa de un pino

La copa de un pino
 

Has anyone heard this phrase before?

It's used as an intensifier.
Translate as 'best', 'great', 'real', etc.

Es un profesional como la copa de un pino.
He is a professional among professionals. He's a real professional.

I have never heard it like Rusty is saying.

La copa de un pino means "the top of the pine tree"

La copa de los árboles = the top of the trees (treetop)

Es españolismo:

[España] X como la copa un pino = [Argentina] flor de X (about professions, roles, ...)

"Son lo máximo", youngsters from many a country would say.

OK. The direct translation to English is the tops.
Thanks Chile, I kept envisioning a goblet made of pine wood:lol:.

:):D:lol::lol::lol:

Never heard that expression before.

A common expression here. Not only for "good" things:

Una mentira como la copa de un pino.
A big lie.

We use in Argentina "grande como una casa" when there's a negative connotation:

una mentira grande como una casa = a big fat lie

¡Sí! :thumbsup:

Dijiste una mentira como (la copa de) un pino/una catedral/una casa.
You told a whopper of a lie.

Same in Chile.