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apples of someone's eye

apples of someone's eye is the plural of apple of someone's eye.

Meaning of apple of someone's eye

Noun

apple of someone's eye (plural apples of someone's eye)

  1. (idiomatic) The object of somebody's affections; a person (or sometimes a thing) that someone strongly prefers; a favorite, a loved one.
    • Sara was never the same after losing her daughter, the apple of her eye.

Questions about apples of someone's eye

What is apples of someone's eye the plural of?
Apples of someone's eye is the plural of apple of someone's eye.

Words near apples of someone's eye in the dictionary

  1. apples of discord
  2. apples of Grenada
  3. apples of love
  4. apples of Peru
  5. apples of Sodom
  6. apples of someone's eye
  7. apples of the eye
  8. apples to apples
  9. apples to apples, oranges to oranges
  10. apples to oranges
  11. apples up

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