CREAM OF THE CROP, CROCODILE TEARS, CROSS (ONE’S) FINGERS: American English Idioms #49
CREAM OF THE CROP This idiom is used to describe the best of a group or category. It’s often used to demonstrate superiority, but can also be used to highlight quality in a variety of contexts. In the context of this idiom, a group is an organism’s population and a category is its hierarchical rank….