How 'bout them apples?
How 'bout 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 'bout them apples?
2. That is surprising and/or disappointing. McCloskey's is closing after 41 years in business. How 'bout them apples?
See also: how
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
How bout them apples?
and How do you like them apples?Rur. What do you think of that? (Often used to express admiration, as in the first example; bout is short for about.) Tom: I got first prize! Mary: Well! How bout them apples? Joe got a job as a newspaper reporter. How do you like them apples?
See also: bout, how
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- How bout them apples?
- how do you like them apples
- how do you like them apples?
- beck and call
- best foot forward
- (one's) best foot forward
- Who’s your daddy?
- Who's your daddy?
- (as) sure as eggs (is eggs)
- be too clever by half