RSSApple Pie Order
Mar 04
Everyday, Life apple, french No Comments
Definition:
Neat and orderly.
Description:
‘It looks good, everything seems to be in apple pie order.’
Apparently comes from the French ‘nappes pliees’ meaning folded linen.
Feature Word: Apple of His Eye
Definition:
a cherished person.
Eg. ‘She is the apple of my eye.’
Description:
In old English, the pupil of the eye was called ‘the apple.’
The pupil was thought to be spherical and solid and was the main part, or crucial part, of the eye.
Source:
'Who touchith you, shall touch the apple of his own eye,' Coverdale Bible (1535)Apple of His Eye
Mar 04
Religion apple, british, english, eye No Comments
Definition:
a cherished person.
Eg. ‘She is the apple of my eye.’
Description:
In old English, the pupil of the eye was called ‘the apple.’
The pupil was thought to be spherical and solid and was the main part, or crucial part, of the eye.