Idiom
blue ribbon
Meaning
Highly superior in quality, style, substance, prestige, etc.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“This blue ribbon service is the best in the city.”
“The company hired a blue ribbon team of experts to solve the difficult technical problem.”
“The university committee selected a blue ribbon panel of scholars to review the controversial research findings and ensure their absolute accuracy.”
Examples
simple
“This blue ribbon service is the best in the city.”
contextual
“The company hired a blue ribbon team of experts to solve the difficult technical problem.”
complex
“The university committee selected a blue ribbon panel of scholars to review the controversial research findings and ensure their absolute accuracy.”
Origin
Perhaps a calque of Middle French cordon bleu (“blue ribbon”), worn by knights of the Order of the Holy Spirit, or after Blue Riband, a sailing award.
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