what do you take me for?

Idioms

What sort of person do you think I am? For example, What do you take me for, an idiot? This expression dates from the mid-1800s.

Example Sentences

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The look on her face says what do you take me for?

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon

Why, man alive, what do you take me for?

From The Lady of the Ice A Novel by James De Mille

"The devil! what do you take me for?" cried the visitor, haughtily.

From A Cardinal Sin by Eugène Sue

Look here, Dick Dewey," said Bradley: "what do you take me for?

From Ben's Nugget A Boy's Search For Fortune by Horatio Alger

Mean it?" said the Curate, with sparkling eyes: "what do you take me for, aunt Dora?

From The Perpetual Curate by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

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