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Keep it like the apple of an eye

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Phraseologism: Keep it like the apple of an eye.

Meaning: Keep something as the greatest value.

Origin: From the Bible. The Old Testament (Deuteronomy, 32:10) says: "He found him in the desert, in the sad and wild steppe, protected him, looked after him, kept him like the apple of his eye." "Zenica" in translation from Old Slavonic "eye pupil".

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Meaning:

An inquisitive child.

Origin:

The hero of the story "What They Called Me" by the children's writer Boris Stepanovich Zhitkov (1882-1938). The author included this story in his encyclopedia story for children "What did I see?" (1939).

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