@SKracket @MeBigbrain I HAD BEEN NOTHING IF NOT CONSISTENT
WHEN I BROUGHT UP "APPLES OF MY EYE AND SKINS OF MY TEETH" AS SOMETHING THAT WOULD CONFUSE A LAYMAN IT WAS BECAUSE THESE IDIOMS ARE NOT NATIVE TO THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE BUT WERE LITERALIST TRANSLATIONS THAT BECAME ENTRENCHED AND FAMILIAR
I HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING FROM THE ORIGINAL POST AND ON