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apple of one's eye
[ap-uhl uhv wuhnz ahy]
/ ˈæp əl əv wʌnz ˈaɪ /
NOUN
cherished one
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It is necessary to be constantly vigilant, to protect, as the apple of one's eye, the armed forces and defensive power of our country.
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