Meaning of blue-eyed boy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The favorite, especially a young one, especially of someone in power; a fair-haired boy (US), (Australian).
   Australian, British, derogatory, idiomatic, informal, usually
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blue, eyed, boy.
   Australian, British

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Examples

“...this cove was so deucedly civil, and all that, that now she won't look⟳ at anybody else. He's the blue-eyed boy, and everybody else is an also-ran.”

“"Keep⟳ it up, Mandrake," he said. "Just keep⟳ it up. You may be the Prime Minister's blue-eyed boy now, but how long's that going to last⟳ if you don't deliver⟳?"”

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