(2) The service, in the aggregate, is equal to 5 years or more. (d) The service described in paragraph (c) of this section is creditable under FERS for the following purposes: (1) The 5 years of civilian service required to be eligible for a basic annuity under FERS as set forth in Â§ 842.203 of this chapter.
This article is about the phrase. For the Badfinger song, see Apple of My Eye (song). The phrase apple of my eye refers to something or someone that one cherishes above all others. According to The MacArthur Study Bible, Moses wrote it around 1400 B.C. Its meaning does indeed derive from an expression signifying the pupil of the eye, one of the most sensitive parts of the body.
Origin. 'The apple of my eye' is exceedingly old and first appears in Old English in a work attributed to King Aelfred (the Great) of Wessex, AD 885, titled Gregory's Pastoral Care.he phrase was known from those early sources but became more widely used in the general population when Sir Walter Scott included it in the popular novel Old Mortality, 1816: Poor Richard was to me as an eldest son, the apple of my eye.. See also-phrases coined by Sir Walter Scott.