单词 | the apple of one's eye |
释义 | the apple of one's eye somebody or something greatly cherished [originally the pupil of the eye (once believed to be a solid ball), and hence something precious and delicate. In Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (III.ii.104) Oberon squeezes magic juice into the eye of the lover Demetrius with the words ‘Flower of this purple dye, | Hit with Cupid's archery, | Sink in apple of his eye’.]Main Entry: apple |
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