you and whose army

English

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(rhetorical question, sarcastic) Used in response to someone’s threat suggesting that the person in question cannot do what they say alone.
–I’m going to stop you from going out with that girl! —Yeah? You and whose army?
- 2001, “You and whose army?”, in Amnesiac, performed by Radiohead:
  Come on, come on / You think you'll drive me crazy? / Well, come on, come on / You and whose army? / You and your cronies

you can't do all that on your own

Amharic: እርስዎ እና የማን ሠራዊት? (ʾərsəwo ʾəna yäman śärawit?)
Arabic: أَنْتَ وَالَّذِي الْجَيْش؟ (ʔanta wāllaḏī l-jayš?) (to masc sg), أَنْتِ وَالَّتِي الْجَيْش؟ (ʔanti wāllatī l-jayš?) (to fem sg)
Catalan: tu i quants més?
Chinese:
Mandarin: 你算老幾／你算老几 (nǐ suàn lǎojǐ)
Danish: dig og hvilken hær?
Dutch: jij en welk leger?
Hebrew: אתה וְהַצָּבָא שֶׁל מִי? ('atá veha-tsavá shel mí?) (to masc sg), אַתְּ וְהַצָּבָא שֶׁל מִי? (at veha-tsavá shel mí?) (to fem sg)
Hindi: आप और जिसका सेना (āp aur jiskā senā)
Icelandic: þú og hvaða her?
Italian: tu e chi altro
Japanese: やれるものならやってみろ (yareru mono nara yatte miro, literally “If you can do that, try to do it!”)
Korean: 할 수 있는 거라면 해봐 (hal su inneun georamyeon haebwa)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: du og hvilken hær

Nynorsk: du og kva for ein hær
Portuguese: você e quem mais?
Spanish: ¿tú y cuántos más?
Urdu: آپ اور جس کا فوق؟ (āp aur jiskā fauq?)

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