what am I, chopped liver

phrase

A rhetorical question used to indicate that the speaker is feeling left out or slighted by attention given to another person or persons.

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Meanings

phrasewhat am I, chopped liver?
  1. A rhetorical question used to indicate that the speaker is feeling left out or slighted by attention given to another person or persons.

    You've been nice enough, but what am I, chopped liver or something?

    1949, Joey Adams, The Curtain Never Falls, New York, N.Y.: F. Fell, →OCLC, page 175
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