What is the meaning of the apple of your eyes?

Answer 1

The apple of your eye means a particular preference, or a loved one; the object of somebody's affections. So it means something very dear to you.

The idiom "apple of your eye" comes from the Old Testament of The Bible. It is in 4 verses, Deuteronomy 32:10, Psalm 17:8, Proverbs 7:2, and Zechariah 2:8.

"We all know that she is the apple of your eye."

This would mean that the female in this expression is the person you desire. The pupil is also known as the apple of the eye -- it is the source of focus; thus when someone is the apple of the eye, they are the focus, the center.