what do you take me for?

what do you take me for? idiom
What sort of person do you think I am? For example, What do you take me for, an idiot? This expression dates from the mid-1800s.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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