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what do you want, a cookie

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rhetoric sarcastic
Japanese Meaning
皮肉を込めた反論として使われる表現。相手の行動が予想通りで印象に残らない場合に、あたかも小さなご褒美(クッキー)を求めるような口ぶりで語られる。 / 相手の行動が凡庸で無難なものであることを、あえて疑問形で問い返すことで皮肉を表すフレーズ。 / 通常の質問とは違い、相手の動作に対して嘲笑や冷やかしの意味を含ませた反応として解釈される表現。
What is this buttons?

ああ、蛇口の水漏れを直したの?それで褒めてほしいの?

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(rhetorical question, sarcastic) A phrase sometimes given as a retort to someone who has done something unsurprising or unimpressive and has seen fit to inform one of having done so.

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what do you want, a cookie

So you fixed the leaky faucet—what do you want, a cookie?

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So you fixed the leaky faucet—what do you want, a cookie?

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