pick of the litter

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)Thebestpersonoritemin agroup; thebestthat one has tooffer.Of the books I read this summer,A Tale of Two Citieswas thepick of the litter.2003, “Kiss Me, I'm Shitfaced”, inBlackout, performed byDropkick Murphys:I'll take thepick of the litter, girls jockey for me / I don't need these lines to get laid2017November 7, Aja Romano, “The unlikely breakout star of Stranger Things 2 is unlikelier babysitter Steve Harrington”, inVox‎[1]:In the first season ofStranger Things, no character was more extra than Steve Harrington — Nancy Wheeler’s frequently possessive, largely confused, often douchey boyfriend. Though he eventually got with the program and helped fight some monsters, he wasn’t exactly what you’d call thepick of the litter.

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