fair-haired boy

noun

1. See blue-eyed boy
   the usual US name for blue-eyed boy

Idioms and Phrases

A favorite, a person who is given special treatment. For example, Today the attorney general is the governor's fair-haired boy . This term alludes to the preference of blond (“fair”) hair over dark hair. [Late 1800s]

Example Sentences

He was trying to make himself appear the fair-haired boy in front of Sergeant McGinty.

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Napoleon holds by the hand a fair-haired boy of three, the little King of Rome.

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Coming down the path towards them, they saw a fair-haired boy.

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She sat by the couch of a fair-haired boy, who was that day mortally wounded.

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A fair-haired boy came spurring up the slope, his face all aglow with the speed of his running.

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