teacher's pet

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teacher's pet (plural teacher's pets or teachers' pets)

1. (idiomatic) A student who is perceived to be favored by the teacher.

   As an intelligent and conscientious student, he was often labelled as the teacher's pet in school.

   • 1980, “Don't Stand So Close to Me”, Sting (lyrics), performed by The Police:

     Her friends are so jealous / You know how bad girls get / Sometimes it's not so easy / To be the teacher's pet.

• blue-eyed boy
• fair-haired boy