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you ask me, I ask who

you ask me, I ask who phrase: i don't know, how should I know.

Phrase

you ask me, I ask who?

  1. (Manglish, Singlish) I don't know, how should I know
    • 'What the hell was she trying to do?' I asked Callum. 'You ask me, I ask who?' he looked bemused.2014 April, Celina Wong, Righteous Betrayal, PartridgeIndia, →ISBN, page 27
    • "No, I'm not colour-blind, but it's been like this since I can remember. Even Doctor Lam doesn't know why all home-building blocks look grey to me. How come like that, ah?" "You ask me, I ask who?"2020 December 27, Tan Jie Ying, “"The Colour of Glass"”, in Home Groan: A NutMag Anthology, Malaysian Writers Society

Origin of you ask me, I ask who

Calque from Chinese 你問我，我問誰／你问我，我问谁 (nǐ wèn wǒ, wǒ wèn shéi).

Questions about you ask me, I ask who

What does you ask me, I ask who mean?
You ask me, I ask who means i don't know, how should I know.
What part of speech is you ask me, I ask who?
You ask me, I ask who is a phrase.

Words near you ask me, I ask who in the dictionary

  1. you and yours
  2. you are never too old to learn
  3. you are the doctor
  4. you are welcome
  5. you are what you eat
  6. you ask me, I ask who
  7. you attract more flies with honey than vinegar
  8. you beauty
  9. you bet
  10. you betcha
  11. you better believe it

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