"teacher's pet" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-teacher's pet.ogg [Australia] Forms: teacher's pets [plural], teachers' pets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s|teachers' pets}} teacher's pet (plural teacher's pets or teachers' pets)
  1. (idiomatic) A student who is perceived to be favored by the teacher. Wikipedia link: teacher's pet Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): People Hypernyms: blue-eyed boy, fair-haired boy Translations (student perceived to be favored by the teacher): witbroodjie (Afrikaans), 老師的走狗 (Chinese Mandarin), 老师的走狗 (lǎoshī de zǒugǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), yndligselev [common-gender] (Danish), õpetaja lemmik (Estonian), opettajan lellikki (Finnish), chouchou [masculine] (French), Lehrers Liebling [masculine] (German), kennarasleikja [feminine] (Icelandic), cocco della maestra [masculine] (Italian), cocco [masculine] (Italian), beniamino [masculine] (Italian), prediletto [masculine] (Italian), favorito [masculine] (Italian), 先生のひいき (sensei no hiiki) (Japanese), pupil [masculine] (Polish), люби́мчик (ljubímčik) (alt: учи́теля, учи́тельницы OR учителе́й) [masculine] (Russian), учи́тельский люби́мчик (učítelʹskij ljubímčik) [masculine] (Russian), fjäskare [common-gender] (Swedish), lärarens favorit [common-gender] (Swedish), öğretmenin gözdesi (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "student perceived to be favored by the teacher",
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      "sense": "student perceived to be favored by the teacher",
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      "sense": "student perceived to be favored by the teacher",
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      "sense": "student perceived to be favored by the teacher",
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      "roman": "sensei no hiiki",
      "sense": "student perceived to be favored by the teacher",
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      "sense": "student perceived to be favored by the teacher",
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      "sense": "student perceived to be favored by the teacher",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "учи́тельский люби́мчик"
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      "sense": "student perceived to be favored by the teacher",
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "student perceived to be favored by the teacher",
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