Question of the Day #586

The cream of the crop: Amalgam's front wing of Verstappen's Red Bull RB15

From the headline of this article at Autosport.

上記の文で、cream of the cropの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "cream of the crop" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

《the ～》〔同種の物・人々の中の〕最高［最良］のもの、最高によりすぐった人［物］、最も精選されたもの、一流の人、最優秀者

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

The best of a particular group.

Examples

• The medical school's graduates are considered to be the cream of the crop and can get jobs wherever they want to.
• As the party managers selected the cream of the crop, the group would dissolve. Simon Ball THE GUARDSMEN (2004)
• Which musical decade is the cream of the crop? The Sun (2008)
• We need to draft this player—he's definitely the cream of the crop.
• These delicious strawberries are the cream of the crop.

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