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darren
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 Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 4:05 pm Post subject: how do u like them apples? |
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Hi all. I got a question about this idiom. I think someone says it to booast what he/she has just done. I'd appreciate if anyone can tell me the origin of this idiom, as in why apples?
many thanks
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emile
Joined: 31 May 2004
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Location: SE Asia
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Hi Darren
You're right about the meaning. As for the origin, who knows, but my imagination tells me that it originated from a farmer - an apple farmer - an apple farmer from Texas (hence 'them apples' instead of those apples).
Does that sound about right?
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