"how do you like them apples" meaning in English

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      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "word": "how do you like that?"
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      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "word": "put that in your pipe and smoke it"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Our governor has just vetoed a bill that would offer more money to our schools. How do you like them apples?"
        }
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        "directed jestingly or mockingly at someone who has received surprising information, ridiculing the situation"
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        "(colloquial, rhetorical question) directed jestingly or mockingly at someone who has received surprising information, ridiculing the situation"
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        {
          "text": "\"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?\""
        }
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        "Used after an actual or proposed action with which the listener might be displeased. Also used after refuting an argument."
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        "(colloquial, rhetorical question, Ireland, US) Used after an actual or proposed action with which the listener might be displeased. Also used after refuting an argument."
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "word": "how about them apples?"
    }
  ],
  "word": "how do you like them apples"
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  "etymology_text": "Unknown.",
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    {
      "word": "how do you like that?"
    },
    {
      "word": "put that in your pipe and smoke it"
    }
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          "text": "Our governor has just vetoed a bill that would offer more money to our schools. How do you like them apples?"
        }
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        "directed jestingly or mockingly at someone who has received surprising information, ridiculing the situation"
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          "mockingly",
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        "(colloquial, rhetorical question) directed jestingly or mockingly at someone who has received surprising information, ridiculing the situation"
      ],
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          "text": "\"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?\""
        }
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        "(colloquial, rhetorical question, Ireland, US) Used after an actual or proposed action with which the listener might be displeased. Also used after refuting an argument."
      ],
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    {
      "word": "how about them apples?"
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  "word": "how do you like them apples"
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