How Do You Like Them Apples Origin

The phrase was a taunt against the enemy.

You remember how you said i would never get into law school. This movie stars matt damon who plays as the character will hunting a mathematical genius working as a school janitor. How do you like them apples 1. How do you like them apples.

The origin behind how do you like them apples actually has nothing to do with apples and everything to do with mortars. Does anyone know the origin of the phrase how do you like them apples. How do you like them apples is an expression that supposedly originated during the first world war when the allies anti tank grenade was colloquially called a toffee apple because of its bulb like appearance on a stick. The origin of how do you like them apples when some people hear the phrase how do you like them apples they might think of the 1997 movie good will hunting.

Posted by lea linding on october 27 2008 at 17 02. It came from a guy that put two apples in a plastic bag and hung them from him rear license tag with a bumper sticker than read how do you like them apples everyone in the town thought it was hilarious and began using it in a jovial manner. Specifically we re talking about the british made 2 inch medium mortar better known as the toffee apple. In the movie rio bravo in 1959 a guy tosses a hand grenade and says how do ya like them apples will.

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The exact etymology of the phrase how do you like them apples is a bit fuzzy but many sources point to a type of mortar during world war i nicknamed a toffee apple it was large and spherical which didn t allow it to fully fit in the firing tube and gave it a candy apple appearance. Posted by cliff bowman on october 27 2008 at 17 58. In world war i something called a stokes gun fired mortars resembling apples with a stick in them so they were often referred to as toffee apples. Does anyone know the origin of the phrase how do you like them apples.

Do you like apples. How do you like them apples. How do you like them apples. I saw or rather heard the phrase in the movie good will hunting and while i understood the sentiment that was conveyed the actual meaning eluded me.