blue-eyed boy

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic,informal,usuallyderogatory)Thefavorite, especially a young one, especially of someone in power; afair-haired boy(US),(Australian).1919,P. G. Wodehouse,A Damsel in Distress:...this cove was so deucedly civil, and all that, that now she won't look at anybody else. He's theblue-eyed boy, and everybody else is an also-ran.2004,Jonathan Stroud,The Golem's Eye:"Keep it up, Mandrake," he said. "Just keep it up. You may be the Prime Minister'sblue-eyed boynow, but how long's that going to last if you don't deliver?"; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seeblue,‎eyed,‎boy.

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