pick of the litter

择优录取挑剔的人精选择优录用

pick of the litter 的定义

  1. The best of a group, as in He was first in the ticket line so he had the pick of the litter. This term, alluding to the most desirable one from a litter of puppies or kittens, supplanted such earlier variants as pick of the market, pick of the parish, and pick of the basket. [Early 1900s]

pick of the litter 近义词

n. 名词 noun

best choice

更多pick of the litter例句

  1. France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
  2. Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
  3. Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
  4. In such beer polls, I suspect a lot of voters would pick Huckabee.
  5. The Dallas Cowboys sell out their state-of-the art football stadium.
  6. Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
  7. You never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.
  8. The plain furniture was stiffly arranged, and there was no litter of clothing or small feminine belongings.
  9. But Lessard's a overbearin' son-of-a-gun all round, and he's always breakin' out in a new place.
  10. Mr. Slocum was not educated in a university, and his life has been in by-paths, and out-of-the-way places.