how do you like them apples
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how do you like them apples
1. A phrase used to draw attention to one's cleverness or superiority to the one being addressed, especially after a recent triumph. You remember how you said I would never get into law school? Well now I'm valedictorian. How do you like them apples?
2. That is surprising and/or disappointing. McCloskey's is closing after 41 years in business. How do you like them apples?
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how do you like ˈthem apples?
,how about ˈthem apples?
(American English, informal, usually spoken) used after telling somebody an unpleasant fact or truth, to say that they should accept it: Either you deliver the dresses for the price we agreed on, or I’m going to go someplace else. How do you like them apples?Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017