OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 19412

apple of someone's eye

/ˌæpl̩‿əv sʌmwʌnz ˈaɪ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
el ojito derecho de alguien • la niña de sus ojos
The object of somebody's affections; a person (or sometimes a thing) that someone strongly prefers; a favorite, a loved one.
If you touche him [Philip II of Spain] in the Indies, you touche the apple of his eye; for take away his treasure, which is neruus belli [the sinews of war], and which he hath almo…
Sara was never the same after losing her daughter, the apple of her eye.
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