murderers' row

English

Etymology

From Murderers' Row.

Noun

murderers' row (plural murderers' rows)

1. (sports) A team with an exceptionally talented group of players, or that group of players.
2. Any ensemble which comprises exceptional individuals.

   The cast was a murderers' row, with five Oscar winners in supporting roles.

   • 2019 October 31, A. A. Dowd, “Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro reunite for one last gripping crime epic, The Irishman”, in AV Club‎^[1], archived from the original on 21 August 2020:

     Reuniting with a murderers’ row of similarly wizened crime-movie veterans, Scorsese hasn’t just returned to reclaim the genre he nearly perfected. He’s come to bury it, too

See also

• rogues' gallery