[Grammar] What are you thinking?

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monawin

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I was wondering why this sentence say 'What are you thinking'.

: What are you thinking, sleeping on the sofa at the Met?
 

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Without any context, it's only possible to guess.
"What are/were you thinking?" often means "How do you justify what you are doing? This seems to be unusual behaviour. What is motivating it?"
 

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Welcome to the forum, monawin.

Where did you encounter this question?
 
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