2006-11-21 06:06:35 · 8 answers · asked by porker animal 2 in News & Events ➔ Other - News & Events
The apple of my eye originally meaning the central aperture of the eye. Figuratively it is something, or more usually someone, cherished above others. Parents may refer to a child in this way.
In case you're interested there's a whole lot about the origin of the phrase below:
The phrase is exceedingly old and first appears in Old English in a work attributed to King Aelfred (the Great) of Wessex, AD 885, entitled ' Gregory's Pastoral care'. The earliest recorded use in modern English is in Sir Walter Scott's 'Old Mortality', 1816:
"Poor Richard was to me as an eldest son, the apple of my eye."
It also appears in the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:10:
He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
and Zechariah 2:8:
For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
2006-11-21 06:23:12 · answer #1 · answered by lianhua 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Apparently this is an extremely old saying (we're talking B.C. here). Here is some info I found:
The pupil of the eye was thought to be a solid object and was actually called the apple, presumably because an apple was the most common globular object around. So the apple of one’s eye was at first a literal phrase describing the pupil. Because sight was so precious, someone who was called this as an endearment was similarly precious, and the phrase took on the figurative sense we retain.
Hope that is helpful!
2006-11-21 14:18:17 · answer #2 · answered by eileezy2002 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The pupil of the eye was traditionally thought to be solid and was thought to be in the shape of an apple. As the eye is one of the most important parts of the body, then the pupil was even more so. To compare someone to the 'apple of the eye', thus meant to cherish especially that person.There are several references to the saying in the Bible, for example: 'He kept him as the apple of his eye' ( Deuteronomy 32:10).
2006-11-22 04:45:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think the meaning comes from way back to Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden when Eve tempted Adam with the apple, and he took a bite, he saw the apple with his eye and wanted a bite,
2006-11-21 15:17:18 · answer #4 · answered by mazza999 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it means your the forbided fruit.. the apple of knowledge. that they want so much but can't have.
2006-11-21 14:17:04 · answer #5 · answered by QueenB 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
that means you are just as beutiful as I am
2006-11-21 14:15:26 · answer #6 · answered by whatshouldidoretard 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they like you alot
2006-11-21 14:09:32 · answer #7 · answered by FreakGirl 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it means they adore you.
2006-11-21 14:08:23 · answer #8 · answered by Alfred E. Newman 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋