What does the idiomatic expression mean to you? "apple of the eye" Please explain your answer.?

nothing, that%26#039;s not what the expression is
What does the idiomatic expression mean to you? %26quot;apple of the eye%26quot; Please explain your answer.?
An object of special affection.





Explain what? The origin of the term? I%26#039;d guess it%26#039;s a Garden on Eden reference.
What does the idiomatic expression mean to you? %26quot;apple of the eye%26quot; Please explain your answer.?
A very old saying this, usually expressed as %26quot;you are the apple of my eye.%26quot; - That which is most joyous and beautiful to behold.





There may be other fruit and flowers that to some may surpass the apple; but there are none so quintessentially English. The Apricot is a fine tree and they taste wonderful, but the fruit is of lesser significance visually. Grapes look very fine indeed bu are borne on straggly vines. and mostly hidden and so on through the fruits of the world. But the apple has it all, shiny, bold, bourne on a tree that is generally smallish to be sure but of artistic shape and the healthy cheek is there to be seen on the blush of a ripe apple.





And above all the apple is suited and native to the temperate English climate. There are other sayings and stories attached to the apple %26quot;an apple a day keeps the doctor away%26quot; for one. Knowledge itself is bound to the apple. From the garden of Eden being the fruit of the tree of knowledge to the rap on the head an apple gave Newton which led him to form a theory of %26#039;gravity%26#039;.
Reply:more familiar with %26#039;the apple of my eye%26#039; meaning %26#039;my favourite person%26#039; and always said with a soft, fond smile on one%26#039;s lips.





not sure why ...it was a saying I grew up with.





guess it could mean either:





a) %26#039;they are so like a sweet and precious fruit that I want to look at them all the time.%26#039;


or, as apples were used for target practice


b) %26#039;my eye alights on them all the time..they are the target of my gaze%26#039;





probably (b)
Reply:%26quot;special someone%26quot;