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Meaning of crème de la crème | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of crème de la crème.
    alt-of, alternative, uncountable
  2. Best of the best; something superlative; the very best.
    idiomatic, singular, singular-only, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“To be an astronaut you must be the crème de la crème.”
“‘Plainly,’ said Miss Brodie, ‘you were not listening to me. If only you small girls would listen to me I would make of you the crème de la crème.’”
“Whether you've been on the hunt for a pair of quality overalls or you just wanna cosplay as Mrs. Robert Rausch (the ‘Love Island’ girlies know), these ones from Dickies are the crème de la crème.”
“He studied engineering and architecture at the Politecnico di Torino and the fancy Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées—one of those Paris institutions for the crème de la crème de la crème^([sic]).”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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