The Apple of My Eye
Welcome back to our series looking at idiom origins.
In this video you’ll discover the idiom the apple of my eye: its meaning; its
first use along with other uses; and of course, its origin. If we’re meeting
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below. The apple of somebody’s eye is defined as: anyone or anything that
someone loves the most and is extremely proud of, protecting at all costs. During
the reign of the first king of England,
Alfred the Great, the pupil at the Centre of the eye
was called the apple as it was incorrectly thought to be an apple-shaped solid.
Seeing as this delicate pupil of the eye is critical for vision, it is
important that it is cherished no matter what the cost. Therefore, over time,
the apple of my eye has been used to mean a much loved person or thing. Getting
back to Alfred the Great, the monarch used this expression in his Old English
translation of Pope Gregory I’s Latin work Cura Pastoralis and this is deemed
to be the first use of the idiom the apple of my eye. Additionally, when the Bible
was translated into English, William Tyndale used this idiom in a number of
instances. To refer to God’s law in Proverbs chapter7 verse 2. Keep my commands
and live, And my law as the apple of your eye. To speak about the Lord’s love
for Israel in Deuteronomy chapter 32 verse 10. He found him in a desert and in
a wasteland, in a howling wilderness; He encircled him, He instructed him, and
He kept him as the apple of His eye. And King David praying for God’s
safekeeping in Psalm chapter 17 verse 8.Keep me as the apple of Your eye; Hide
me under the shadow of Your wings. Go on, type in the comments who or what is the
apple of your eye: the person or thing that you love the most. Now to check out
more idiom origins watch one of these videos. Thanks so much for watching and
I’ll see you in the next one.
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