favourite, a particular preference, or a loved one; the object of somebody's affections.' name='description'> apple of someone's eye - definition and meaning
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apple of someone's eye

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  • noun idiomatic A favourite, a particular preference, or a loved one; the object of somebody's affections.

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

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