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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.
   • 2025 September 12, “Tyler Robinson, Charlie Kirk Shooting Suspect, Went From Scholarship Winner to Wanted Man”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:In fact, she said, he [Tyler Robinson] had the personality of a teacher’s pet, always on time, respectful, hardworking, and smart.(Can we archive this URL?)

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• blue-eyed boy
• fair-haired boy

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[edit] student perceived to be favored by the teacher

Afrikaans: witbroodjie Chinese: Mandarin: 老師的走狗 / 老师的走狗 (lǎoshī de zǒugǒu) Danish: yndligselev c Estonian: õpetaja lemmik Finnish: opettajan lellikki French: chouchou (fr) m German: Lehrers Liebling m Icelandic: kennarasleikja f Italian: cocco della maestra m, cocco (it) m, beniamino (it) m, prediletto (it) m, favorito (it) m Japanese: 先生のひいき (sensei no hiiki) Polish: pupil (pl) m Russian: люби́мчик (ru) m (ljubímčik) (учи́теля, учи́тельницы OR учителе́й), учи́тельский люби́мчик m (učítelʹskij ljubímčik) Swedish: fjäskare c, lärarens favorit c Thai: ศิษย์โปรด, ศิษย์รัก Turkish: öğretmenin gözdesi

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