apple of someone's eye

English

Etymology

Deuteronomy 32:10d: "He guarded him as the apple of his eye."

Noun

apple of someone's eye (plural apples of someone's eye)

1. (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

favourite, a particular preference, or a loved one

• Afrikaans: oogappeltjie (af), oogappel (af)
• Catalan: la nina dels ulls (ca) f
• Dutch: oogappel (nl) m
• Finnish: silmäterä (fi)
• German: Augapfel (de) m
• Hungarian: szeme fénye (hu)

• Navajo: ayóó ábídóóʼní
• Russian: свет очей (ru) (svet očéj) m, зеница ока (ru) (zeníca óka) f
• Spanish: la niña de sus ojos (es) f
• Swedish: ögonsten (sv) c
• Turkish: gözbebeği (tr)