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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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.
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Tim Britton, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Outdoor Voices, once the toast of the category, faded into restructuring, wiping out its entire social media presence.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
For one, Vitale writes that the sort of direct-to-camera monologues that have become the toast of Bourdainposting were, in Bourdain’s eyes, corny and insincere.
—Tres Dean, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
At the time Darling’s opened in November 2021, bourbon bars were the toast of the town, including Neat, a 2024 Bar of the Year, down the street.
—Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 31 July 2025
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Tim Britton, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Outdoor Voices, once the toast of the category, faded into restructuring, wiping out its entire social media presence.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
For one, Vitale writes that the sort of direct-to-camera monologues that have become the toast of Bourdainposting were, in Bourdain’s eyes, corny and insincere.
—Tres Dean, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
At the time Darling’s opened in November 2021, bourbon bars were the toast of the town, including Neat, a 2024 Bar of the Year, down the street.
—Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 31 July 2025
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