apple of someone's eye
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Deuteronomy 32:10d: "He guarded him as the apple of his eye."
Noun[edit]
apple of someone's eye (plural apples of someone's eye)
- (idiomatic) A favourite, a particular preference, or a loved one; the object of somebody's affections.
- Sara was never the same after losing her daughter, the apple of her eye.
Translations[edit]
favourite, a particular preference, or a loved one
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