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apple of (someone's eye)

Fig. someone's favorite person or thing; a boyfriend or a girlfriend. Tom is the apple of Mary's eye. She thinks he's the greatest. John's new car is the apple of his eye.
See also: apple, of

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Cesarinoche-sah-REE-noItalian
FriedeFREE-dəGerman
IrvinUR-vinEnglish
Jaffer-Arabic
Guiomargee-oo-MAR (Portuguese), gee-o-MAHR (Spanish)Portuguese, Spanish, Arthurian Romance
Dragutin-Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Medieval Slavic