golden boy

golden boy

Someone who is popular, admired, and successful. The term can imply that the individual's faults are overlooked. Jake was the golden boy of the team, much to the chagrin of his teammates.
See also: boy, golden
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

a golden boy

If you call a man a golden boy, you mean that they are very popular or successful. When the movie came out the critics went wild, hailing Tarantino as the golden boy of the 1990s. Note: You can describe a popular or successful woman as a golden girl. Jacqueline du Pré, with her flowing blond hair and good looks, was the golden girl of classical music in the sixties.
See also: boy, golden
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

golden boy

a very popular or successful man. informal
2005 Norman Lebrecht La Scena Musicale From the day he raised a baton as principal conductor in Birmingham in 1980 , Rattle has been the golden boy of classical music.
See also: boy, golden
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a ˈgolden boy

a young man who is very successful and popular: He had been the golden boy of Welsh rugby.
See also: boy, golden
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • a golden boy
  • point to (someone or something) as (something)
  • point to as
  • take (someone) as (one) finds them
  • have enough sense to pound sand
  • have enough sense to pound salt
  • love me, love my dog
  • (someone) will be sorry
  • no one's perfect
  • nobody's perfect
References in periodicals archive
Golden Boy is at once the composer, producer, engineer, lyricist and performer of his tracks, which find acceptance in locales as disparate as Moscow and Tokyo.
The endnotes include resources to find out more about the issues raised in Golden Boy, along with a glossary of Kiswahili words, and a note from the author about the disturbing practice of albino poaching.
According to the buyer, Golden Boy is in a good position to benefit from the expected growth of the US nut butter retail category in the next three years.
CBS throws money at awful shows like Golden Boy (did they think they found the new James Dean?) and then cancels Vegas after one season.
Golden Boy are in the UK tonight with Amir Khan, who takes on Julio Diaz in Sheffield in his first fight on home soil since 2011.
"I've got massive aspirations and when I said this to the other promoters I got a look back from some of them but when I said it to Richard (Schaefer, chief executive of Golden Boy) he nodded along and said 'let's do it'; it pretty much went from there really."
"Following the Olympics I've been looking to the future and considering a number of options and feel the time is now right to turn professional with Golden Boy."
The Golden Boy Promotions CEO thinks the bout and the crowd's reaction to it was "the coming-out party for Canelo Alvarez." "You saw the quality.
Khan and Mayweather share the same promotion house, Golden Boy, and a showdown between both is reportedly in on the cards.
Khan's promoter, Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy Promotions, identified him as Ameen, who supposedly has ties to the IBF.
THE IBF have confirmed they will investigate Amir Khan's defeat by Lamont Peterson after receiving a request for a formal appeal from Golden Boy Promotions.
THE IBF yesterday confirmed they will investigate Amir Khan's defeat by Lamont Peterson after receiving a request for a formal appeal from Golden Boy Promotions.
Golden Boy Promotions chief executive Richard Schaefer revealed that contrary to reports, the sanctioning bodies will investigate events in Washington 10 days ago.
McEwan, 28, plans to put pressure on Golden Boy promoter Oscar de la Hoya in an effort to persuade him to back the ambitious plan.