poster child | Idiomator

Meaning: (chieflyCanada,US,idiomatic)One who is aprototypicalorquintessentialexample of something.Coordinate term:pin-upHe's aposter childfor militant vegetarianism.2005, Susan Cunningham, “Poster Child”, inUnwrapping the Sandwich Generation. Life Vignettes about Seniors & Their Adult Boomer Children‎[2], Morgan James Publishing,→ISBN, page175:I think he smile could have opened the door by itself. It seemed to have a life of it’s[sic]own with snow-white teeth below sparkling blue eyes. Its owner could be theposter childfor the expression “grinning from ear to ear.”2006, Ted Dekker, Bill Bright,Blessed Child‎[3], Thomas Nelson,→ISBN, page77:“He’s not exactly aposter childfor the average well-adjusted American kid. He’s only been in-country for a few days.”2008, Susan B. Neuman, “Changing the Odds though After-School Programs”, inChanging the Odds for Children at Risk: Seven Essential Principles of Educations Programs that Break the Cycle of Poverty‎[4], ABC-CLIO,→ISBN, page169:A visit to Adventure Island–an after-school program developed by Robert Slavin and Nancy Madden, professors at Johns Hospkins University and creators of Success for All, a comprehensive school reform program practiced in hundreds of schools across the country–could be theposter childfor what some might call the academic approach.2013December 16,Caitlin Dewey, “Two-year-old Photoshopped Jennifer Lawrence magazine cover draws criticism”, inThe Washington Post‎[5]:But it isn’t difficult to see why Lawrence, who has since become theposter childfor healthy body image, elicits such strong reactions — particularly in GIF form, where differences between the original and Photoshopped images are clear.

Examples:

EN: - Well, you're not exactly a Forest Lawn poster child yourself, Doug.
ES: Tú tampoco pareces estar muy bien, ¿sabes?
EN: You're not exactly the poster child for mental health.
ES: Tú no eres tampoco un ejemplo de cordura.
EN: Is he, like, a poster child for someone?
ES: No entiendo. ¿Es chiflado?
EN: Radford was the poster child for suckers everywhere.
ES: Radford era un claro ejemplo de victima de estafa.
EN: will, you pitiful MaaIox poster child.
ES: Wiii, que pitifuI MaaIox poster nińo.
EN: You're the poster child for the A.M.A.
ES: Eres el máximo exponente de la AMA.
EN: Then how come I feel like the poster child for Victims-R-Us?
ES: ¿Y por qué me siento como la víctima ideal?
EN: Maybe I don't want to be the poster child for ex-con rights. Okay?
ES: Quizás no quiera ser la imagen de los derechos de los ex-convictos.
EN: Cyrus is a poster child for the criminally insane.
ES: Cyrus es un modelo para los criminales dementes.
EN: Eddie Barzoon take a good look because he's the poster child for the next millennium.
ES: Eddie Barzoon fíjate bien en él porque es el chico modelo para el próximo milenio.
EN: The guy's a poster child for the disenfranchised. Why?
ES: El es una mascota para los que no tienen. ¿Por qué?
EN: The poster child for robbery/homicide.
ES: El pequeño poster por robo/homicidio.
EN: Michael is whatever the boy of witch is, plus being the poster child for yuck.
ES: Y Michael es lo que sea el masculino de bruja. Además de ser el poster del niño feo.
EN: Serve as the poster child for the revolution?
ES: ¿Servir como poster propagandistico para la revolución?
ES: ¿Servir como póster propagandístico para la revolución?
EN: You called Ally the poster child for prudeness.
ES: Usted llamó a Ally ejemplo de puritanismo.

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