"you ask me, I ask who" meaning in All languages combined

See you ask me, I ask who on Wiktionary

Phrase [English]

Etymology: Calque from Chinese 你問我,我問誰/你问我,我问谁 (nǐ wèn wǒ, wǒ wèn shéi). Etymology templates: {{calque|en|zh|-}} Calque from Chinese, {{zh-l|你問我,我問誰}} 你問我,我問誰/你问我,我问谁 (nǐ wèn wǒ, wǒ wèn shéi) Head templates: {{head|en|phrase|head=you ask me, I ask who?}} you ask me, I ask who?
  1. (Chinglish, Singlish) I don't know, how should I know Tags: Singlish
    Sense id: en-you_ask_me,_I_ask_who-en-phrase-txnemfVi Categories (other): Chinglish, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Singlish
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        {
          "ref": "2014 04, Celina Wong, Righteous Betrayal, PartridgeIndia, →ISBN, page 27:",
          "text": "'What the hell was she trying to do?' I asked Callum. 'You ask me, I ask who?' he looked bemused.",
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          "ref": "2020 December 27, Tan Jie Ying, “\"The Colour of Glass\"”, in Home Groan: A NutMag Anthology, Malaysian Writers Society:",
          "text": "\"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?\"",
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          "ref": "2023 September 8, Devyani Sharma, From Deficit to Dialect: The Evolution of English in India and Singapore, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:",
          "text": "So Bilbo's nephew Frodo... Aiyah, dun ask me why their name all so funny, can or not? You ask me, I ask who?",
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        "I don't know, how should I know"
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        "(Chinglish, Singlish) I don't know, how should I know"
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