Appendix:Snowclones/X and Y and Z, oh my!
English
editEtymology
editFrom the 1939 film adaptation of L. Frank Baum's 1900 book The Wizard of Oz, which includes the line, "Lions, and tigers, and bears, oh my!".
Phrase
editUsage notes
editIt is truer to the original to keep the stress pattern the same as in "lions and tigers and bears, oh my" — but it often deviates from that form.
Statistics
edit- Frequency: Very frequent (upward of 10 million Google results)