To select the best among a mediocre group; to pick the best of a bad lot.
这次的项目团队成员水平参差不齐，我们只能矮子里拔将军，选出最有潜力的那一位来领导。
The skill levels of the project team members are uneven this time; we can only pick a general from among the dwarfs, selecting the most promising one to lead.
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