Definition
The favorite, especially a young one, especially of someone in power; a fair-haired boy (US), (Australian).
In Context
- "...this cove was so deucedly civil, and all that, that now she won't look at anybody else. He's the blue-eyed boy, and everybody else is an also-ran."
- ""Keep it up, Mandrake," he said. "Just keep it up. You may be the Prime Minister's blue-eyed boy now, but how long's that going to last if you don't deliver?""