pride and joy

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.”

Example Sentences

But this baby plot is the pride and joy of the tight-knit group of green thumbers who tend to it.

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This was Lord Mandelson's priority, something he described in his outgoing letter to embassy staff last week as "my personal pride and joy", that he claimed would "help write the next chapter of the special relationship".

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"Even if we don't win, you're still part of something bigger... that's something that we can all take pride and joy in."

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He was her pride and joy, and she did everything she possibly could to help him.”

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Huron Station Playhouse, which celebrated its soft opening last fall, has become his “pride and joy.”

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Related Words

• amusement 
• bliss 
• charm 
• cheer 
• comfort 
• delight 
• elation 
• glee 
• humor 
• pride 
• satisfaction 
• wonder