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Translation : The best of the best
Literal meaning : The cream of the cream
Register : Neutral - Basic
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IPA : / la kʁɛm də la kʁɛm /
It literally means:
The cream here refers to the fatter and best part of the milk that "floats" on the surface. And since the common belief is: "The higher, the better" the cream is a metaphor for "the best part".
And if you process this cream again and keep only the creamiest part of it, you get "La crème de la crème" → "The best of the best / The elite"
Use this expression when you want to highlight how amazingly good something is, when it's impossible to find anything better. This something can be a person, a group of people but also an object or even something immaterial like a brand for example.
One more *completely random example*...
You can even use: "Pour apprendre le Français, All About French c'est la crème de la crème" → "For learning French, All About French is the cream of the cream"
Dialogue
Toi aussi tu as un prix Nobel ?
You won a Nobel prize too?
Oui
Yes
Nous sommes la crème de la crème !
We are the cream of the cream!*
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