Crème De La Crème - Longman Dictionary

English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English 日本語 Español latino 한국어 crème de la crème From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcrème de la crèmecrème de la crème, creme de la creme /ˌkrem də lɑː ˈkrem/ noun [singular]    BESTthe very best of a kind of thing or group of people  Oxford and Cambridge are often seen as the crème de la crème of British universities.Origin crème de la crème (1800-1900) French “cream of the cream” Exercises Exercises

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