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Idioms beginning with "A"
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[apple of one's eye] {n. phr.}
Something or someone that is adored; a cherished person or object.
Charles is the apple of his mother's eye.
John's first car was the apple of his eye. He was always polishing it.
[apple-pie order] {n. phr.}, {informal}
Exact orderly arrangement, neatness; tidy arrangement.
The house was in apple-pie order.
Like a good secretary, she kept the boss's desk in apple-pie order.
[a pretty pass] {n. phr.}
An unfortunate condition; a critical state.
While the boss was away, things at the company had come to a pretty pass.
[apropos of] {prep.}, {formal}
In connection with; on the subject of, about; concerning.
Apropos of higher tuition, Mr. Black told the boy about the educational loans that banks are offering.
* /Mr. White went to see Mr. Richards apropos of buying […]