a hit among the kids
- idiom
:
un éxito entre los niños
- The new toy is a hit among the kids!
Examples
-
The colorful playground quickly became a hit among the kids in the neighborhood.
-
The new animated movie was a hit among the kids at the party.
-
Her magic tricks turned out to be a hit among the kids during the school fair.
-
This movie has become a hit among the kids.
-
Her magic tricks turned out to be a hit among the kids during the school fair.
-
The colorful playground quickly became a hit among the kids in the neighborhood.
-
The new animated movie was a hit among the kids at the party.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Liked or admired by many people
465
1.3
Something very popular and successful, like a song or show
54
2.7
Something that many people like or buy, especially in one group
2
3.5
A person or thing that most people in a group like more than others
Antonyms
How Popular
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'very popular with children' is directly derivable from combining 'hit' (a successful or popular thing) with the prepositional phrase 'among the kids' (within the group of children). The determiner words don't affect compositional meaning and this construction is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
A hit among the kids may come from the idea of a hit as something that suddenly gets everyone's attention. Imagine a new toy that all the kids run to and love; that's why a hit among the kids means 'very popular or liked by children'.