the cream of sth
C1 the best of a particular group of things or people:
The cream of this year's graduates have gone abroad for jobs.
These artists are the best of our students - the cream of the crop.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Good and excellent things
- badass
- be the best thing since sliced bread idiom
- beaut
- beauty
- belter
- bunch
- flagship
- gem
- jewel
- jim-dandy
- king
- lulu
- marvel
- paragon
- peach
- the flower of sth idiom
- the jewel in the crown idiom
- the pick of sth idiom
- the real deal
- the Rolls-Royce of sth idiom
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