the phrase apple of my eye came from a midsummer night's dream.
the phrase apple of my eye came from a midsummer night's dream.
where did the phrase apple of my eye come from?
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the phrase apple of my eye refers in english today to something or someone that one cherishes above all others. originally, the phrase was simply an idiom referring to the pupil of the eye.









































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originally this term simply referred to the "aperture at the centre of the human eye", i.e. the pupil, or occasionally to the whole eyeball. the earliest appearance of the term is found in the ninth-century old english translation of the latin "cura pastoralis" attributed to alfred the great.
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