Apple of one’s eye

Meaning: Special favorite, beloved person or thing. 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

Example: The youngest was the apple of his father’s eye.

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