Meanings
phrasewho do you think you are?
- rhetoricExpression of anger or contempt because the speaker believes the interlocutor is overestimating their own power, authority, or superiority.
Who do you think you are? My boss? My dad?
2 more examples
Who do you think you are, telling me how to live my life?
Oh, so you're not gonna give us a refund? Who do you think you are?
Translations
Spanish quién te crees que eres
- quién te crees que ereswho do you think you are?
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