cream off

prendre les meilleurs, écrémer

Sélectionner et prendre les meilleures personnes ou choses dans un ensemble plus vaste.

En anglais simple : To take the best people or things from a larger group.

• The club creams off the best players.
• Large firms creamed off our most experienced staff.
• They want to cream off promising students.

Comment l'utiliser : cream off someone/something from something (Private schools cream off talented students from local schools.)

Synonymes : cherry-pick, select

Expressions courantes : cream off talent, cream off someone, cream off something

prélever une part, détourner

Prendre une part de l’argent gagné, parfois en secret ou de manière malhonnête.

En anglais simple : To take a share of money earned, sometimes secretly or dishonestly.

• The manager creamed off some profits.
• Agents cream off a fee from each payment.
• She was caught creaming off company earnings.

Comment l'utiliser : cream off something from something (The agent creamed off a percentage from every sale.)

Synonymes : skim off, take a cut

Expressions courantes : cream off profits, cream off money, cream off something

écrémer

Retirer la couche épaisse et grasse à la surface du lait ou d’un autre liquide.

En anglais simple : To take the thick, fatty layer from the top of milk or another liquid.

• Cream off the top layer.
• They creamed off the milk before making cheese.
• Can you cream off the fat with a spoon?

Comment l'utiliser : cream something off something (She creamed the thick layer off the milk.)

Synonymes : skim off

Expressions courantes : cream off milk, cream off something

enlever avec une crème

Enlever le maquillage ou une substance semblable de la peau avec une crème.

En anglais simple : To remove makeup or something similar from your skin using cream.

• She creamed off her makeup.
• He carefully creamed the stage makeup off.
• Do you cream off your lipstick every night?

Comment l'utiliser : cream something off (She creamed her makeup off before bed.)

Synonymes : clean off, remove

Expressions courantes : cream off makeup, cream off something