does a bear shit in the woods

English

Alternative forms

• do bears shit in the woods?
• does a bear crap in the woods?

Pronunciation

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Phrase

Does a bear shit in the woods?

1. (colloquial, rhetorical question, mildly vulgar) A rhetorical question in response to a question whose answer is an emphatic yes.

Synonyms

• yes
• affirmative
• do fish swim?
• is the Pope Catholic?
• is the sky blue?
• is water wet?
• is snow white?

Antonyms

• is the Pope Jewish?

Derived terms

• does the Pope shit in the woods? - A combination of is the Pope Catholic? and does a bear shit in the woods?

Translations

emphatic yes by way of an idiomatic, rhetorical question

• Dutch: schijt een beer in het bos, is de paus katholiek
• Spanish: blanca y en botella, leche
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