cream of the crop
The best or most desirable among some selectionThe best or most desirable among some selection.
» They're the cream of the crop.
Das sind die Besten der Besten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Они сливки общества. — marafon
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1 senses(idiomatic, uncountable)The best or most desirable among some selection.
They hoped to hire only the cream of the crop for the new project team.
Examples
3 sentencesThey're the cream of the crop.
ruОни сливки общества. — marafon
deDas sind die Besten der Besten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Those scientists are the cream of the crop.
deDiese Wissenschaftler sind die Crème de la Crème. — al_ex_an_der
We are the cream of the crop!
deWir sind die Crème de la Crème. — Tamy
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1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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