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 the 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

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

 

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