4 Apple Idioms

FIVE IDIOMS USING THE WORD "APPLE"

IDIOM: the apple of (one's) eye

• MEANING: a favorite thing or person that you love
•  EXAMPLE: "His youngest daughter is the apple of his eye."

IDIOM: apples and oranges

• MEANING: two things that are very unlike each other
• EXAMPLE: "Comparing Twilight to Hamlet is like comparing apples and oranges."

IDIOM: Mom and apple pie

• MEANING: decent, honest, and wholesome; all things "American"
• EXAMPLE: "The politician tried to prove he was all 'Mom and apple pie' during his campaign. "

IDIOM: one bad apple (can) spoil the whole barrel

• MEANING: one bad person can have a negative influence on many good ones
• EXAMPLE: "Fred is too lazy; fire him before that one bad apple spoils the whole barrel."

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