the toast of
idiom
: a person who is very popular in (a particular place) or among (a particular group of people)
After she won the championship, she was the toast of the town.
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All of a sudden Billy Freston and I were the toast of the building.
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Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
New York Yankees reliever Luke Weaver was the toast of the town last year, stealing the closer role from Clay Holmes after mostly pitching as a starter early in his career.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
The Irish poet-novelist-playwright was the toast of 19th-century Anglo letters.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Underachievement on this scale necessarily raises the question of the manager’s job security, even one year removed from being the toast of the town.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
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Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
New York Yankees reliever Luke Weaver was the toast of the town last year, stealing the closer role from Clay Holmes after mostly pitching as a starter early in his career.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
The Irish poet-novelist-playwright was the toast of 19th-century Anglo letters.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Underachievement on this scale necessarily raises the question of the manager’s job security, even one year removed from being the toast of the town.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
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