bite at the apple

== English == === Etymology === The bite at the cherry form is the original. By the 1940s, cherry had taken on the additional meaning of "virginity" and the phrase was considered embarrassing, and so "apple" replaced "cherry" in American usage. The first recorded use of the "apple" form is in 1922. === Noun === bite at the apple (plural bites at the apple) (chiefly US) Synonym of bite of the cherry. === References ===