golden boy/girlnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɡəʊl.dən ˌbɔɪ/us/ˈɡoʊl.dən ˌbɔɪ/a person who is very successful and is much admired, although often only temporarily:
She's the current golden girl of American ice-skating.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Liked, or not liked, by many people
- acquire
- an acquired taste idiom
- be in sb's good/bad books idiom
- be the new rock and roll idiom
- be welcome to idiom
- cross
- flavour of the month idiom
- gain
- killer app
- lose
- lose ground idiom
- must-have
- out on a limb idiom
- pack
- pop
- top-rated
- undesirable
- unlovable
- unpopular
- unwanted
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