Idiom
cream of the crop
Meaning
The best or most desirable among some selection.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“These students are the cream of the crop.”
“The company only hires the cream of the crop from the top universities.”
“After a rigorous selection process, the orchestra recruited only the cream of the crop to perform the symphony.”
Examples
simple
“These students are the cream of the crop.”
contextual
“The company only hires the cream of the crop from the top universities.”
complex
“After a rigorous selection process, the orchestra recruited only the cream of the crop to perform the symphony.”
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