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the apple of someone's eye
USUK
the person someone loves most and is proudest of, often a child or grandchild
Warm and slightly literary. Usually about children or grandchildren: 'the apple of her father's eye'. 'Eye' stays singular.
In context
My youngest daughter is the apple of my eye, though I try not to show it.
Little Minh is the apple of his grandmother's eye, and she spoils him terribly.
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