- This is something that you say when you want to call attention to a small personal triumph, especially when you have done something better than someone else has.
- Or you say this to show you are surprised or disappointed by something that has happened.
Example sentence:
You thought I wouldn't make it but I've just won the prize! So how do you like them apples?
Questions for you to answer:
- When did you last feel that you did better than someone and wanted to call 'How do you like them apples'?
- Can you invent a plausible theory about the origin of the phrase? What about this explanation?
- What's interesting about the idiom from the grammatical point of view?
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