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how about them apples

how about them apples is the alternative form of how do you like them apples.

Meaning of how do you like them apples

Phrase

how do you like them apples?

  1. (colloquial, rhetoric) A question directed jestingly or mockingly at someone who has received surprising information, ridiculing or making light of the situation.
    • "Our governor has just vetoed a bill that would offer more money to our schools. How do you like them apples?"
  2. (Ireland, US, colloquial, rhetoric) Used after an actual or proposed action with which the listener might be displeased, and also used after refuting an argument.
    • "I can't give you a raise now; if I did, this whole company would go bankrupt, and you wouldn't have a job at all. Now how do you like them apples?"

Questions about how about them apples

What is how about them apples the alternative form of?
How about them apples is the alternative form of how do you like them apples.

Words near how about them apples in the dictionary

  1. Hovsepyans
  2. how
  3. how about
  4. how about no
  5. how about that
  6. how about them apples
  7. how are things
  8. how are you
  9. how are you diddling
  10. how are you doing
  11. how are you getting along

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