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If someone's doing something bad or that will have a really bad influence on me, say, a brother just opens the windows wide on a windy winter day while I'm having a fever, and I want him to explain himself. Instead of asking,

What the hell are you doing?

Is it natural to ask,

What do you think you are doing?

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    It's perfectly natural (or even "What the hell do you think you are doing?"). You can use it to someone misbehaving, whether or not it affects you personally.
    – Kate Bunting
    Nov 15, 2022 at 12:17
  • [have a fever, unless you are using Indian English present progressive]
    – Lambie
    Nov 15, 2022 at 15:45

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Sure. Bernadette said it to Sheldon and Amy in The Big Bang Theory s12.

Bernadette: What do you think you're doing?

Amy: I thought it was clear. I'm being unnecessarily hurtful but with a sweet voice.

Sheldon: And I don't understand what's going on because I went to MIT.

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