what's not to like
what's not to like phrase: rhetorically implying that what is spoken of is undoubtedly good.
Phrase
what's not to like?
- Rhetorically implying that what is spoken of is undoubtedly good.
- What's not to like about Robin Hood? I'll steal from the rich and give to a poor bear: me.1964, William Hanna, Joseph Barbera, Hey There, It's Yogi Bear (motion picture), spoken by Yogi Bear (Daws Butler)
- […]–one would think that this comedy offered satisfactions for gender theorists, feminists, queer theorists, Marxists, and ecocritics alike. What's not to like in As You Like It?2009, Linda Woodbridge, “Country Matters: As You Like It and the Pastoral-Bashing Impulse”, in Harold Bloom, editor, William Shakespeare: Comedies, Infobase Publishing, →ISBN, page 23
Origin of what's not to like
American origin, 1960s.
Questions about what's not to like
- What does what's not to like mean?
- What's not to like means rhetorically implying that what is spoken of is undoubtedly good.
- What part of speech is what's not to like?
- What's not to like is a phrase.
Words near what's not to like in the dictionary
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