teacher's pet

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)Astudentwho is perceived to befavoredby theteacher.As an intelligent and conscientious student, he was often labelled as theteacher's petin school.1980, “Don't Stand So Close to Me”,Sting(lyrics), performed byThe Police:Her friends are so jealous / You know how bad girls get / Sometimes it's not so easy / To be theteacher's pet.

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