apple of someone's eye

Etymology
From, from , used in biblical texts (Deuteronomy 32:10, Psalm 17:8; Proverbs 7:2, Lamentations 2:18, and Zechariah 2:8; compare the quotations) as a.

Noun

 * 1)  The object of somebody's affections; a person (or sometimes a thing) that someone strongly prefers; a favourite, a loved one.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: oogappeltjie, oogappel
 * Azerbaijani: gözün ağı-qarası,, göz bəbəyi
 * Catalan: la nina dels ulls
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: pupilo de sia okulo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: κόρη οφθαλμού
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: आँख का तारा
 * Hungarian: szeme fénye
 * Japanese: 目に入れても痛くないもの
 * Macedonian:
 * Navajo: ayóó ábídóóʼní
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: lumina ochilor
 * Russian: свет оче́й, зени́ца о́ка
 * Scottish Gaelic: dearc na sùla
 * Serbo-Croatian: zjenica oka
 * Spanish: ojito derecho, niña de sus ojos
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: світло моїх очей