Pick of the litter.
The cream of the crop. The cat's meow
best lol
The meaning for the phrase we've golden soil and weather for toil relates to the ability a farmer to raise his crop. This phrase takes about fertile fields and the weather to be able to produce a bountiful crop.
Cream of the Crop was created on 1969-11-03.
No, "crop" is not a homophone. A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning and spelling. "Crop" does not have another word that sounds the same but has a different meaning and spelling.
The "cream of the crop" is the best of the lot.
Its supposed to be cream of the crop... it means the best, like best student in class would be cream of the crop.
The phrase in one form or another has been 'around' for some years. In 1581 a phrase quoted was, 'The Gentleman, which be the creme of the common'. In 1867 it was quoted that 'a gentleman had the creme of the boating business. A newspaper - the Saturday Review - stated that 'duck shooting was the very creme of wild fowl shooting'. The phrase the 'creme of the crop' has passed through English speaking countries to mean the best of the best - the creme always comes out on top.
yes
best of the group, cream of the crop
30 Minute Meals - 2001 Cream of the Crop was released on: USA: 8 November 2008
The phrase "la creme de la creme" is not specifically from any novel, but rather a French expression meaning "the best of the best" or "the cream of the crop." It is commonly used in English to refer to something of the highest quality or excellence.