Saturday, 24 August 2013

How do you like them apples?

Meaning:

  • 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:

  1. When did you last feel that you did better than someone and wanted to call 'How do you like them apples'?
  2. Can you invent a plausible theory about the origin of the phrase? What about this explanation?
  3. What's interesting about the idiom from the grammatical point of view?

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