Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

how do you like them apples

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English

Syllables: how -do y-ou -like them ap-ples
IPA

45

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

5

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

A question directed jestingly or mockingly at someone who has received surprising information, ridiculing or making light of the situation.

Colloquial

phrase

Used after an actual or proposed action with which the listener might be displeased, and also used after refuting an argument.

American usage; Colloquial

Example Sentences

""Our governor has just vetoed a bill that would offer more money to our schools. How do you like them apples?""
""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?""

Etymology

Unknown.

Usage

Colloquial
American usage

Inflected Forms

how about them apples (alternative) how's them apples (alternative)

Phrases

how do you like that put that in your pipe and smoke it

Frequently Paired Words

how do you like that put that in your pipe and smoke it

Questions

What does how do you like them apples mean?: A question directed jestingly or mockingly at someone who has received surprising information, ridiculing or making light of the situation.
Where does how do you like them apples come from?: Unknown.

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