BEOLINGUS
Dictionary - TU Chemnitz

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Augapfel {m} [anat.] eyeball

Augäpfel {pl} eyeballs

Auge in Auge (mit) eyeball to eyeball (with)

sich Auge in Auge gegenüberstehen to be eyeball to eyeball

etw. wie seinen Augapfel hüten to guard sth. like gold; to cherish sth. like life itself

Phil war immer der Liebling/Augenstern seines Vaters. Phil was always the apple of his father's eye.