what's not to like en · X
Pronunciation
Etymology
American origin, 1960s.
Meanings
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(informal, rhetoric, sarcastic, sometimes) Rhetorically implying that what is spoken of is undoubtedly good.
Kill white people and get paid for it? What's not to like?
2012, Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained (motion picture), spoken by Django (Jamie Foxx):[…]–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?
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:What's not to like about Robin Hood? I'll steal from the rich and give to a poor bear: me.
1964, William Hanna, Joseph Barbera, Hey There, It's Yogi Bear (motion picture), spoken by Yogi Bear (Daws Butler):
Translations (5)
fr que demander de plus (Translations) · fi mitä muuta voisi toivoa (Translations) · fr que demande le peuple (Translations) · fr que demander de mieux (Translations) · de was will man mehr (Translations)