Idioms

golden girl

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golden boy

A boy or man who is especially popular, admired, and successful. The term can imply that the individual's faults are overlooked by others. Jake was the golden boy of the team, much to the chagrin of his teammates. Tom's always been the golden boy of our family. He seemingly can do no wrong in our parents' eyes. Mr. Khatri has been the golden boy of the industry ever since his meteoric rise to fame in the late 2000s, though there are some dissenting voices who claim his company has exploited its workers over the years.
See also: boy, golden

golden girl

A girl or woman who is especially popular, admired, and successful. The term sometimes implies that the individual's faults are overlooked by others. Ms. Khatri has been the golden girl of the industry ever since her meteoric rise to fame in the late 2000s. Sarah was always the golden girl of our family. It just seemed like she could do no wrong in our parents' eyes. Please, my sister is the golden girl. She does everything right, and I do everything wrong.
See also: girl, golden
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"Not impossible she Who shall command my heart and me,"-- without meeting at some turning of the way the mystical Golden Girl,--without, in short, finding a wife?
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If they did, I'd spring for Dorothy, clearly the best Golden Girl, whose sarcasm is the thing of legend.
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