Catch Word #274 – Cream of the crop

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🗓️ 31 January 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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In your opinion, which player is the cream of the crop on your favourite sports team? Who would you say is the poster child of success in the business world? If you’re not quite sure how to answer, Andrew and Kassy will help you understand the meanings and usages of these idioms in this Catch Word episode. They explain the origins of these helpful expressions and provide many example scenarios and synonyms. Fun facts One synonym for “cream of the crop” is “crème de la crème,” a saying that has been borrowed from French and means “the cream of the cream.” It’s similar to saying “the best of the best.” You can use this pattern to emphasize other adjectives, too. For instance, a really suave actor might be described as “the coolest of the cool” or a trillionaire could be called “the richest of the rich.” Try playing around with this structure and coming up with some creative ways to express superlative adjectives! Expressions included in the study guide Cream of the crop Poster child To cover for [someone] Stacked First-rate Politically incorrect Copyright: Culips.com For more information about this episode, visit culips.com. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke for Free Image: RDNE Stock project (pexels.com)

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0:00.0	Hello there everyone. My name's Andrew and I'm Cassie and this is the
0:07.6	Q-Lips English podcast. Welcome back to Kuleps everyone. You're listening to Catch Word, which is our
0:17.8	series for intermediate and advanced English learners where we teach you idioms,
0:22.4	phrase-overbs, and expressions that will help
0:25.2	improve your English listening and speaking.
0:28.3	Now today I am joined by my co-host Cassie.
0:31.5	Hello there Cassie. Hello there, Cassie.
0:33.5	Hey Andrew and hi listeners, I hope you're all doing well.
0:37.5	Andrew, I have a question for you to kick off today's episode.
0:41.4	A question, I love it, okay, sure. Go ahead. What's on your mind?
0:45.4	Okay, my question is, did you have any role models or people you really admired when you were
0:51.5	younger? You know, like a superstar athlete or a pop singer or
0:56.1	something like that. Hmm, superstar athlete, yes. Vancouver Canucks player, number 10, Paval Buray.
1:05.0	Ice hockey player, my favorite.
1:08.0	Such a Canadian reference.
1:10.0	Yeah.
1:12.0	Well, why do you ask, Cassie?
1:14.0	I'm asking because in today's episode, we're going to teach our listeners to idiomatic expressions that describe outstanding individuals, you know, people that have differences
1:28.2	from others that sets them apart. And the first expression we're going to teach is cream of the crop and the second expression is poster child.
1:39.0	And Andrew, maybe now you'll understand why I was curious about your childhood role models.
1:45.5	Because role models are usually, you know, the cream of the crop or the poster children of our society.
1:51.8	Mm-hmm. I see the connection now, Cassie. Well, I think this is
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