teacher's pet

意味

the favourite pupil in a class, who gets special treatment

先生にひいきされるお気に入りの生徒.

例文

1. 1Nobody wanted to sit next to Oliver because everyone thought he was the teacher's pet.
2. 2Being the teacher's pet isn't much fun when the rest of the class stops talking to you.
3. 3Mr Hill let Maria hand out the books and never told her off, so the others said she was teacher's pet.
4. 4Leo gets top marks even when his homework is late – he's clearly teacher's pet.
5. 5Nobody likes being called teacher's pet, even if Miss Khan really does give you the easy jobs.

文法

可算名詞。イギリス英語では冠詞を省くことが多い（she was teacher's pet）。通常は非難の気持ちを込めて使う。