teacher's pet
Example Sentences
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"He wasn't quite the teacher’s pet, but the teachers were always asking 'do you agree with that Erik?'"
From BBC • Sep. 25, 2024
Even then, a teacher’s pet like me could have gotten the decision overturned.
From Washington Post • Jun. 5, 2022
Connie is essentially power-hungry teacher’s pet Tracy Flick from “Election,” if she grew up to become an Olympic race-walking champion who has struggled with infertility.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2021
“I was the teacher’s pet, and Lance was the funniest guy in the room,” said Hoffman, who played keyboards in the band.
From New York Times • May 31, 2021
She had been in school but half a day when she knew that she would never be a teacher’s pet.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
