| 单词 | how do you like them apples? |
| 释义 | > as lemmashow do you like them (also those) apples? P8. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). how do you like them (also those) apples? and variants: ‘how do you like that?’, ‘what do you think of that?’ Frequently used as a jeer or taunt, implying that the thing referred to will be unwelcome. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > expressions used in derision or ridicule [phrase] scilicet1539 don't make me laugh1733 I should smile1883 how do you like them (also those) apples?1895 in your face1975 1895 Bryan (Texas) Eagle 26 Sept. Bryan is the best cotton market in this section of the state and has received more cotton than any other town in this section. How do you like ‘them apples’? 1924 Kingston (N.Y.) Daily Freeman 29 Sept. 1/4 ‘How do you like those apples?’ asked Thomas..as he kicked a window out of the police car..after he had been arrested. 1941 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 15 Apr. 29/1 I knew them better and saw them in action more often than ‘Mr. Smith’. How do you like them apples, Smithy old boy? 1987 D. F. Wallace Broom of Syst. 348 I'll talk to him directly. Spit in his eye. How'll he like those apples? 2001 B. Perry In Name of Hate vii. 190 Disgusting people marching in the streets demanding all sorts of things... How do you like them apples? < as lemmas |
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