For those unfamiliar with this expression, or idiom, it is typically used to brag, or gloat, about a personal triumph. However, until moments ago I was unaware of where the phrase came from.
According to a few sources (from which I will freely plagiarize) it originated in WWI with what is called a "Toffee Apple" a kind of trench mortar bomb sometimes used to destroy tanks. Presumably, after the bomb would destroy a target the soldier would say "How do you like them apples?"
It has been used in the movie "Good Will Hunting" when Matt Damon got a girls phone number, as well as in "Rio Bravo" a John Wayne movie, when he shot a stick of dynamite out of the air. So now you know.
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