She could see why Jesse was the apple of her father's eye.
Literally, I was (what he often called me) the apple of his eye.
Tell her I'll guard you like the apple of my eye.
The car had obviously been the apple of his eye.
She seems rather spoiled to me, being the only girl and the apple of her father's eye.
But the apple of his eye in recent months has been the city's largest hotel.
Cherish him as the apple of your eye, she was told.
The apple of her eye apparently didn't fall far from the tree.
She is the apple of everyone's eye and Ram's life.
If he remains the apple of their eye in the running game, this is bad business because now the 49ers are setting the terms.