APPLE OF ONE'S EYE

Meaning of APPLE OF ONE'S EYE in English

something or someone very precious or dear: His new baby girl was the apple of his eye.

[ orig. in reference to the pupil of one's eye (in OE simply aeppel; cf. OHG apful with similar sense); later misunderstood ]

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APPLE OF ONE'S EYE — phrasal one that is highly cherished
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
APPLE OF ONE'S EYE — Etymology: obsolete apple of the eye pupil of the eye : something highly cherished his daughter is the apple of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
APPLE OF ONE'S EYE — most precious thing in the world to him; dear person, beloved person
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
APPLE OF ONE'S EYE — : one that is highly cherished his daughter is the apple of his eye
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
APPLE OF ONE'S EYE — one that is highly cherished <his daughter is the apple of his eye >
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
APPLE OF ONE'S EYE — {n. phr.} Something or someone that is adored; a cherished person or object. * /Charles is the apple of his …
Slang English vocab
APPLE OF ONE'S EYE — {n. phr.} Something or someone that is adored; a cherished person or object. * /Charles is the apple of his …
Словарь английских идиом
APPLE OF ONE`S EYE — one`s favorite His youngest daughter is the apple of his eye.
English Idioms vocab
APPLE OF ONE'S EYE — n. phr. Something or someone that is adored; a cherished person or object. Charles is the apple of his mother's …
American Idioms English vocabulary
APPLE OF ONE'S EYE — 1) зрачок 2) зеница ока
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
APPLE OF ONE'S EYE — 1) зрачок 2) зеница ока 3) перен. очень любимый
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
APPLE OF ONE'S EYE — зеница ока, зрачок
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APPLE OF ONE'S EYE — зеница ока, зрачок
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
APPLE OF ONE'S EYE — 1) зрачок 2) зеница ока 3) перен. очень любимый
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
APPLE OF ONE'S EYE — 1) зрачок 2) зеница ока 3) перен. очень любимый
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
APPLE OF ONE'S EYE — 1) зрачок 2) зеница ока
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EYE — I Organ that receives light and visual images. Non-image forming, or direction, eyes are found among worms, mollusks, cnidarians, echinoderms, …
Английский словарь Британика
APPLE — I Fruit of the genus Malus , in the rose family, the most widely cultivated tree fruit. Malus species are …
Английский словарь Британика
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EYE — I. ˈī noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English eie, eye, eighe, from Old English ēage; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
APPLE — ˈapəl noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English appel, from Old English æppel; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
APPLE — (n.) Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or love …
Английский словарь Webster
APPLE — ( n. ) Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EYE — — eyeable , adj. — eyelike , adj. — eyer , n. /uy/ , n. , pl. eyes , ( …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
APPLE — /ap"euhl/ , n. 1. the usually round, red or yellow, edible fruit of a small tree, Malus sylvestris, of the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EYE — I. ˈī noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēage; akin to Old High German ouga eye, Latin oculus, Greek …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
APPLE — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English appel, from Old English æppel; akin to Old High German apful apple, Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EYE — noun tinge; shade of color. 2. eye ·noun a brood; as, an eye of pheasants. 3. eye ·noun the hole …
Webster English vocab
APPLE — vi to grow like an apple; to bear apples. 2. apple ·noun anything round like an apple; as, an apple …
Webster English vocab
EYE — [eye] n [ME, fr. OE eage; akin to OHG ouga eye, L oculus, Gk ops eye, face, Skt aksi eye] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
APPLE — [ap.ple] n, often attrib [ME appel, fr. OE aeppel; akin to OHG apful apple, OIr ubull, OCS abluko] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EYE — specialized sensory organ capable of light reception and, in vertebrate animals, able to receive visual images that are then carried …
Britannica English vocabulary
APPLE — fruit of the genus Malus (about 25 species) belonging to the family Rosaceae, the most widely cultivated tree fruit. The …
Britannica English vocabulary
APPLE — apple BrE AmE ˈæp ə l ▷ apple|s z ▶ ˈ apple ˌ blossom BrE AmE ▶ ˌ apple ˈ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ONE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EYE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
APPLE — / ˈæpl; NAmE / noun a round fruit with shiny red or green skin and firm white flesh : an …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EYE — I. eye 1 S1 W1 /aɪ/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: eage ] 1 . FOR …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
APPLE — ap ‧ ple S2 W3 /ˈæp ə l/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: æppel ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EYE — n. & v. --n. 1 a the organ of sight in man and other animals. b the light-detecting organ in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
APPLE — n. 1 the fruit of a tree of the genus Malus, rounded in form and with a crisp flesh. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EYE — n. & v. n. 1 a the organ of sight in man and other animals. b the light-detecting organ in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
APPLE — n. 1 the fruit of a tree of the genus Malus, rounded in form and with a crisp flesh. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
EYE — n. & v. --n. 1. a the organ of sight in man and other animals. b the light-detecting organ in …
Oxford English vocab
APPLE — n.1 the fruit of a tree of the genus Malus, rounded in form and with a crisp flesh. 2 the …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EYE — ( eyes, eyeing, or eying, eyed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
APPLE — ( apples) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. An apple is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EYE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
APPLE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cherry/peach/apple etc tree ▪ We planted a peach tree in the backyard. ▪ the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EYE — [noun] [C] - one of the pair of organs of seeing in the faces of humans and animalsThey hoped the …
Cambridge English vocab
APPLE — [noun] - a round fruit with a firm white inside and a green, red or yellow skin, or the tree …
Cambridge English vocab
APPLE — n. Apple Computer Inc. apple scab custard apple
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
EYE — See: APPLE OF ONE'S EYE, BAT AN EYE or BAT AN EYELASH, BELIEVE ONE'S EYES, CATCH ONE'S EYE, CLEAR-EYED, CLOSE …
Slang English vocab
APPLE — n. apple knocker apple polish apple polisher
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
APPLE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ sweet ▪ sharp , sour , tart ▪ Add some sugar to the stewed apple—it's still a …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary

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