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What are you like?MeaningThis rhetorical question is asked of someone who has done something stupid or outrageous. The point being that it is quite obvious what the person in question is like. OriginThe expression is of Irish origin although since the 1990s it has been used extensively in the UK, mostly by the young. Phrasefinder is also on
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