what do you take me for?



what do you take me for?

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.
See also: take

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Bowers['bauəz]
Cenhelm-Anglo-Saxon
GiannaJAHN-nah (Italian), YAH-nah (Greek)Italian, Greek
TeriTER-eeEnglish
Pelagiape-LAHG-yah (Polish)Ancient Greek, Greek, Polish
AllynAL-inEnglish