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apple of one's eye
[ ap-uhl uhv wuhnz ahy ]
noun
- something or someone very precious or dear:
His new baby girl was the apple of his eye.
apple of one's eye
- The favorite object of a person's love or affection: “Linda was fond of all the horses on the ranch, but the little palomino was the apple of her eye.”
Word History and Origins
Origin of apple of one's eye1
Idioms and Phrases
Special favorite, beloved person or thing, as in The youngest was the apple of his father's eye . This term, which rests on the ancients' idea that the eye's pupil is apple-shaped and that eyes are particularly precious, appears in the Bible (Deuteronomy 32:10). [Early 1600s]Example Sentences
Dr. Peterson said parents should keep in mind that “what supports healthy growth of the child and capacity to love themselves is parental idealization, that this child is perfect, and the apple of one’s eye.”
It is necessary to be constantly vigilant, to protect, as the apple of one's eye, the armed forces and defensive power of our country.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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