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EPISODE · Feb 24, 2020 · 20 MIN

Episode 83: Apple of the Eye

from Words for Granted - An etymology and linguistics podcast

As we all know, the idiomatic meaning of 'apple of the eye' has nothing to do with apples. As it turns out, the origins of the idiom also have nothing to do with apples. In this episode, we look at how the English translation of an old Hebrew expression found in the Old Testament unintentionally defined our modern sense of the idiom 'apple of the eye.'

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