the apple of ur eyes

who is the apple of ur eyes?

my apple of my eye is my father

Though my eyes are now fading – the apple of my eye is my favorite dancer.

thanks 4 ur answers

 sanjuu, ur father must be kind~!isn't he?

tiffintime,may i have ur favorite dancer's name?

This is a very old phrase in English. Remember that it is always used with EYE (singular) not EYES (plural)

The apple of my eye

Meaning

Originally meaning the central aperture of the eye. Figuratively it is something, or more usually someone, cherished above others.

Origin

The phrase is exceedingly old and first appears in Old English in a work attributed to King Aelfred (the Great) of Wessex, AD 885, entitled Gregory's Pastoral Care. The earliest recorded use in modern English is in Sir Walter Scott's Old Mortality, 1816:

"Poor Richard was to me as an eldest son, the apple of my eye."

It also appears in the Bible, Deuteronomy 32:10 (King James Version)

He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.

and Zechariah 2:8:

For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.

Ah, that's my little secret.

hi mr butterfly:

:)

good question.. i think my apple of eyes is my family,especially :)mom and sister

thank you for the information, it is very interesting,

here in Spain we use : "the left eye" (ojo derecho)

exp: my sister is the left eye of my mother, that means that my sister is the favourite of my mother 

well,i have a classmate whose english name is apple!

to gkisseberth:

really thanks,i haven't known so much before

to tiffintime:

i'm sorry what i ask

to brownstone:

me 2_{i love me family for ever}

to bar86:

thanks 4 teaching me

to summer:

i used to be called this name.