"how do you like them apples" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [English]

Audio: En-au-how do you like them apples.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: Unknown. Head templates: {{head|en|phrase|head=how do you like them apples}} how do you like them apples
  1. (colloquial, rhetorical question) Question directed jestingly or mockingly at someone who has received surprising information, ridiculing or making light of the situation. Tags: colloquial, rhetoric Categories (topical): English rhetorical questions Synonyms: how about them apples? Related terms: how do you like that?, put that in your pipe and smoke it
    Sense id: en-how_do_you_like_them_apples-en-phrase-8zTOA-ML Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41
  2. (colloquial, rhetorical question, Ireland, US) Used after an actual or proposed action with which the listener might be displeased, and also used after refuting an argument. Tags: Ireland, US, colloquial, rhetoric Categories (topical): English rhetorical questions
    Sense id: en-how_do_you_like_them_apples-en-phrase-g66zUU7z Categories (other): American English, Irish English

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