Where do (you think) you get off?

Where do (you think) you get off?
Where do (you think) you get off?
Inf. What do you think you are doing?; Who do you think you are? (A sharp reply to something offensive or impolite.) •

How rude! Where do you think you get off ?

Where do you get off, talking to me like that?


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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