does a bear shit in the woods

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

First attested in print in 1960s (see Citations). Earlier attested variations include Does the little brown bear live in the woods? (1952), and Does a bear like the woods? (1959)

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 to which the answer is an emphatic yes.

Synonyms

• yes
• affirmative
• does a bear poop in the woods?
• do fish swim?
• is the Pope Catholic?
• is the sky blue?
• is snow white?
• is water wet?

 

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
• Finnish: paskooko karhu metsään
• Polish: pytasz dzika, czy sra w lesie
• Spanish: blanca y en botella, leche