you ask me, I ask who

phrase

I don't know, how should I know

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Meanings

phraseyou ask me, I ask who?
  1. ManglishSinglishI don't know, how should I know

    'What the hell was she trying to do?' I asked Callum. 'You ask me, I ask who?' he looked bemused.

    2014 April, Celina Wong, Righteous Betrayal, PartridgeIndia, →ISBN, page 27
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    "No, I'm not colour-blind, but it's been like this since I can remember. Even Doctor Lam doesn't know why all home-building blocks look grey to me. How come like that, ah?" "You ask me, I ask who?"

    2020 December 27, Tan Jie Ying, “"The Colour of Glass"”, in Home Groan: A NutMag Anthology, Malaysian Writers Society

    So Bilbo's nephew Frodo... Aiyah, dun ask me why their name all so funny, can or not? You ask me, I ask who?

    2023 September 8, Devyani Sharma, From Deficit to Dialect: The Evolution of English in India and Singapore, Oxford University Press, →ISBN

Origin

Calque from Chinese 你問我，我問誰／你问我，我问谁 (nǐ wèn wǒ, wǒ wèn shéi).

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APA

you ask me, I ask who. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/you%20ask%20me%2C%20I%20ask%20who

MLA

“you ask me, I ask who.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/you%20ask%20me%2C%20I%20ask%20who. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “you ask me, I ask who,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/you%20ask%20me%2C%20I%20ask%20who.

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