teacher's pet

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teacher's pet (plural teacher's pets or teachers' pets)

  1. (idiomatic) A student who is perceived to be favored by the teacher.
    As an intelligent and conscientious student, he was often labelled as the teacher's pet in school.
    • 1980, “Don't Stand So Close to Me”, Sting (lyrics), performed by The Police:
      Her friends are so jealous / You know how bad girls get / Sometimes it's not so easy / To be the teacher's pet.
    • 2025 September 12, “Tyler Robinson, Charlie Kirk Shooting Suspect, Went From Scholarship Winner to Wanted Man”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
      In fact, she said, he [Tyler Robinson] had the personality of a teacher’s pet, always on time, respectful, hardworking, and smart.
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