what's not to like

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English

Etymology

American origin, 1960s.

Pronunciation

Phrase

what's not to like?

  1. (informal, rhetorical question, sometimes sarcastic) Rhetorically implying that what is spoken of is undoubtedly good.
    • 1964, William Hanna, Joseph Barbera, Hey There, It's Yogi Bear (motion picture), spoken by Yogi Bear (Daws Butler):
      What's not to like about Robin Hood? I'll steal from the rich and give to a poor bear: me.
    • 2009, Linda Woodbridge, “Country Matters: As You Like It and the Pastoral-Bashing Impulse”, in Harold Bloom, editor, William Shakespeare: Comedies, Infobase Publishing, →ISBN, page 23:
      –one would think that this comedy offered satisfactions for gender theorists, feminists, queer theorists, Marxists, and ecocritics alike. What's not to like in As You Like It?
    • 2012, Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained (motion picture), spoken by Django (Jamie Foxx):
      Kill white people and get paid for it? What's not to like?

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References

  1. ^ Gary Martin (1997–) “What's not to like”, in The Phrase Finder.

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