blue-eyed boy

British

noun

Usual US equivalent: fair-haired boy. informal the favourite or darling of a person or group

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Gemma said Morgan and Judith were "very close" with a shared a love for music, having both played the guitar: "She idolised him, he was her blue-eyed boy."

From BBC

"We are taking comfort from the words of support we have received whilst we take time to come to terms with the untimely loss of our blue-eyed boy," they added.

From BBC

The same year she married a “fair-haired, blue-eyed boy with the cheekiest grin I’d ever seen”.

From BBC

"I pictured this beautiful dimpled blue-eyed boy which is what I have but everything else was different," she said.

From BBC

Every day, Lisa would grab my blue-eyed boy from me as soon as I walked in, wrapping him in a hug.

From Los Angeles Times

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