The blue eyed boy of the selectors..

Rohit Sharma seems to be the selectors blue eyed boy. He keeps getting chances despite so many failures.

Sudhir is Principal Sharma’s blue eyed boy. This is why, when Sudhir wanted to improve spoken English skills, Mr Sharma even agreed to give him personal training sessions.

A blue eyed boy – that’s the target phrase. What could it mean?

A blue eyed boy seems to be different and more lovable. The phrase means somebody’s favorite. Generally, this phrase refers to someone well liked by someone in authority. Thus, there could be a blue eyed boy of the principal or the coach or the minister.

Let’s take some examples:

1. Salman Khan is the blue eyed boy of the gossip press. With his wild child antics, he makes sure they are never out of stories.
2. He is not just the youngest son of the minister, he is the blue eyed boy of the chief minister as well. That is the reaosn why his fortunes grew manifolds in just three years time and no government agency has dared to question him.
3. Everyone thinks Mahesh is the blue eyed boy of the principal. He just cannot speak in class for 15 minutes without praising Mahesh.
4. Rohit Sharma seems to be the blue eyed boy of the selectors. I mean he has been given so many chances and still has failed to make his mark. Is it not right that now some new youngster must be tried? Are we so devoid of talent?

Blue eyed boy means favorite of someone powerful usually without justification. It is normally used to imply discrimination against others in favor of the blue eyed boy.

Some more examples:

1. Sharma is the blue eyed boy of the boss. No matter what his sales figures, he always gets the promotion and also, the biggest salary raise.
2. Lt General Liaqat is the blue eyed boy of the military dictator. It is rumored that he is going to be the next army chief bypassing several senior Generals.