cream of the crop

The best of a group; the top choice.

May Queen candidates were lovely, but Betsy and Nancy were the cream of the crop.

The students had drawn many good pictures and the teacher chose the cream of the crop to hang up when the parents came to visit.

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[crop] See: [CASH CROP], [CREAM OF THE CROP], [STICK IN ONE'S CRAW] or [STICK IN ONE'S CROP]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[cash crop] {n.} A crop grown to be sold. * /Cotton is a cash crop in the South./ * /They raise potatoes to eat, but tobacco is their cash crop./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[crop out] {v.} To appear at the surface; come through or show through from hiding or concealment. * /Rocks often crop out in New England pasture land./ * /A hidden […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[crop up] {v.} To come without warning; appear or happen unexpectedly. * /Problems cropped up almost every day when Mr. Reed was building his TV station./ * /Serious trouble cropped […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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