be the apple of somebody's eyeLOVEto be loved very much by someone 是某人的心肝宝贝，是某人的掌上明珠 Ben was always the apple of his father’s eye. 本一直是他父亲的心肝宝贝。
be the apple of somebody’s eye• Ben was always the apple of his father's eye.• He was the apple of her eye, the salt of her earth, the source of her strength - her everything.• Lucy's son was the apple of her eye, work her raisond'être.
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