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could anyone tell me the meaning of this sentence"you are the apple of my eyes". thank you very much.
bernoulli On 6/04/12, anna wrote: > could anyone tell me the meaning of this sentence"you are > the apple of my eyes". thank you very much.

It is "You are the apple of my eye". It is a slang expression to mean: "you are the center of my attention" or "you are who I desire." It is an endearing expression. My guess--and it is just a guess--is th...See More
Jun 4, 2012
pixie I googled the term and came up with this:

The term was originally used in the bible and it was used to signify someone of great worth 'whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye', someone who was very precious. The 'apple of your eye' is the iris or center of the eye. If someone were to touch the apple of your eye it would be very pa...See More
Jun 10, 2012


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