单词 | teacher's pet |
释义 | teacher's petSEE SYNONYMS FOR teacher's pet ON THESAURUS.COM nouna pupil who is a favorite of a teacher. Origin of teacher's petFirst recorded in 1925–30 Words nearby teacher's petteacherage, teacher bird, teacherly, teachers' centre, teachers college, teacher's pet, teach-in, teaching, teaching aid, teaching assistant, teaching elder Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Idioms and Phrases with teacher's petteacher's pet A person who has gained favor with authority, as in Al has managed to be teacher's pet in any job he has held. This expression transfers the original sense of a teacher's favorite pupil to broader use. [1920s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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