blue-eyed boy

noun
1.
(informal, mainly Brit) the favourite or darling of a person or group Usual US equivalent fair-haired boy
Slang definitions & phrases for blue-eyed boy

fair-haired boy

noun phrase
  1. A favored or favorite man or boy: the latest ''fairhaired boy'' of the musical world/ the white-haired boy of the happy family
  2. A man destined for and being groomed for principal leadership or other reward; comer: A job had to be found for Patten, the blue-eyed boy of British politics ( first form 1918+, second 1924+, third 1923+)