"who are you and what have you done with someone" meaning in English

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Phrase

Forms: who are you and what have you done with [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|en|phrase|head=who are you and what have you done with (someone)?}} who are you and what have you done with (someone)?
  1. (colloquial, rhetorical question) Said to express surprise due to a perceived drastic change of behaviour of a person. Tags: colloquial, rhetoric Categories (topical): English rhetorical questions Translations (Expression to drastic change of a person): wie is jy en wat het jy met iemand gedoen. (Afrikaans), Wer sind Sie und was haben Sie mit jemandem gemacht (German), cine ești și ce ai făcut cu cineva (Romanian), vem är du och vad har du gjort med någon (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-who_are_you_and_what_have_you_done_with_someone-en-phrase-e6JEnyuY

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