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?.
disapproval Someone's blue-eyed boy is a young man who they like better than anyone else and who therefore receives better treatment than other people. He was the media's blue-eyed boy. = darling, favourite. the man or boy in a group who is most liked and approved of by someone in authority