waar komt "how do you like them apples" vandaan?
Het zinnetjes is al een aantal keer gebruikt. Bijvoorbeeld in de volgende voorbeelden:
- For those unfamiliar with the expression, this idiom can be used to gloat (as Matt Damon's character did in "Good Will Hunting") or to call attention to a small personal triumph. It's sort of another way of saying "So there" (but with apples).
OK, but how did the expression get its start? According to a few sources, it originated in World War I with the "toffee apple," a kind of trench mortar bomb sometimes used to destroy tanks. We presume soldiers would say, "How you like them apples?" after an "apple" took out an enemy.
A character played by Walter Brennan used the phrase in the John Wayne movie "Rio Bravo." After throwing a stick of dynamite and seeing his partner shoot it in the air, Brennan shouted, "How do ya like them apples?"
Bron: http://ask.yahoo.com/20061212.html
Maar waar komt het vandaan? Waar slaat "apples" op? Had het ook "banana's' geweest kunnen zijn dan?