[Ads-l] Heard today in an academic meeting

[Jonathan Lighter]

No, but I have heard the opposite: "Shit rises to the top."

JL

On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 11:54 AM Ingrid Johnsrude <
ingrid.johnsrude at gmail.com> wrote:

> “Cream rises to the crop”
>
> A conflation of "cream rises to the top" and "cream of the crop” I suppose
> — has anyone else heard this?
>
> Ingrid
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