szeme fénye
Hungarian
Etymology
szem (“eye”) + -e (“possessive suffix”) + fény (“light”) + -e (“possessive suffix”), literally: “the light of one's eye”
Pronunciation
Noun
- (idiomatic) apple of somebody's eye (the object of somebody's affections)
- (idiomatic) (the source of) one's pride (e.g. a grandchild for a grandparent)