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cream of the crop

idiom
Meaning

The best or most desirable among some selection.


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.

Anchors to
Related idioms7entries
  1. 01

    bumper crop

    An excess of something; a large yield.

  2. 02

    cream in one's coffee

    Something that one relishes.

  3. 03

    cream in one's jeans

    To ejaculate while wearing one's trousers; to experience an orgasm while clothed.

  4. 04

    cream the crop

    To pick out the most valuable or desirable things or people from a group for one's own interests.

  5. 05

    crop up

    To occur, especially suddenly or unexpectedly.

  6. 06

    peaches and cream

    A very enjoyable experience, usually used to describe something being unrealistically idyllic.

  7. 07

    specialty crop

    Any of various crops cultivated for, or managed and gathered for, human use (in food, personal hygiene, medicine, or decoration) rather than as animal feed, fodder, or forage.

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