"apple of someone's eye" meaning in English

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          "word": "κόρη οφθαλμού"
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          "word": "szeme fénye"
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          "roman": "me ni iretemo itakunai mono",
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          "word": "目に入れても痛くないもの"
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          "word": "ayóó ábídóóʼní"
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          "word": "lumina ochilor lui cuiva"
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          "word": "dearc na sùla"
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          "word": "el ojito derecho de alguien"
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          "word": "la niña de sus ojos"
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          "word": "ögonsten"
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          "sense": "object of somebody’s affections; person (or sometimes a thing) that someone strongly prefers",
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kóri ofthalmoú",
      "sense": "object of somebody’s affections; person (or sometimes a thing) that someone strongly prefers",
      "word": "κόρη οφθαλμού"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "bavát 'áyin",
      "sense": "object of somebody’s affections; person (or sometimes a thing) that someone strongly prefers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "בָּבַת עַיִן"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "object of somebody’s affections; person (or sometimes a thing) that someone strongly prefers",
      "word": "szeme fénye"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "me ni iretemo itakunai mono",
      "sense": "object of somebody’s affections; person (or sometimes a thing) that someone strongly prefers",
      "word": "目に入れても痛くないもの"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "object of somebody’s affections; person (or sometimes a thing) that someone strongly prefers",
      "word": "ayóó ábídóóʼní"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "object of somebody’s affections; person (or sometimes a thing) that someone strongly prefers",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "oczko w głowie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "object of somebody’s affections; person (or sometimes a thing) that someone strongly prefers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "menina dos olhos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "object of somebody’s affections; person (or sometimes a thing) that someone strongly prefers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lumina ochilor lui cuiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svet očéj",
      "sense": "object of somebody’s affections; person (or sometimes a thing) that someone strongly prefers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "свет оче́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zeníca óka",
      "sense": "object of somebody’s affections; person (or sometimes a thing) that someone strongly prefers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "зени́ца о́ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "object of somebody’s affections; person (or sometimes a thing) that someone strongly prefers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dearc na sùla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "object of somebody’s affections; person (or sometimes a thing) that someone strongly prefers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zjenica oka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "object of somebody’s affections; person (or sometimes a thing) that someone strongly prefers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "el ojito derecho de alguien"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "object of somebody’s affections; person (or sometimes a thing) that someone strongly prefers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "la niña de sus ojos"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "object of somebody’s affections; person (or sometimes a thing) that someone strongly prefers",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ögonsten"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "object of somebody’s affections; person (or sometimes a thing) that someone strongly prefers",
      "word": "gözbebeği"
    }
  ],
  "word": "apple of someone's eye"
}