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pride and joy

Idioms  

  1. The object of one's great pleasure, as in Our new grandson is our pride and joy, or Dana's car is his pride and joy. This term was probably invented by Sir Walter Scott in his poem Rokeby (1813), where he described children as “a mother's pride, a father's joy.”

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The almost-daily barrages, paired with the cold snap, have put lives at risk and created an unprecedented threat for Ivannikov's pride and joy: a collection of almost 4,000 species.

From Barron's

Rebecca hires him for those reasons and selfishly destructive ones, since AFC Richmond is Rupert’s pride and joy, and she believes nothing will make her happier than to ram it into the ground, as if that will somehow hurt her arrogant ex.

From Salon

Beryl Cook: Pride and Joy at The Box, aims to bring serious artistic recognition to an artist whose colourful and comedic paintings of the daily life of the city's residents, were often dismissed by critics.

From BBC

Beryl Cook: Pride and Joy is on at The Box in Plymouth from 24 January until 31 May.

From BBC

Mother Megan said Edward was her "pride and joy" and he had achieved milestones she never thought possible.

From BBC

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