| 单词 | do bears shit in the woods? |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdo bears shit in the woods? P11. colloquial. do bears shit in the woods? and (sometimes euphemistic) variants: used ironically and humorously as a rhetorical response to a question to which the answer is considered blatantly obvious; ‘yes’, ‘of course’. Cf. is the Pope (a) Catholic? at pope n.1 Phrases. ΚΠ 1961 Washington Post 9 Sept. a26/3 Asked..if he would consider continuing as manager next season, Harris answered rhetorically, ‘Does a bear live in the woods?’ 1966 M. Braly It's Cold out There 40 ‘You're telling me you're rooting?’ ‘Does a bear crap in the woods?’ 1992 C. McCarthy All Pretty Horses (1993) i. 66 They sat their horses and looked down at him. Can you ride or not? said Rawlins. Does a bear shit in the woods? Hell yes I can ride. I was ridin when I fell off. 2018 Times (Nexis) 20 July ii. 14 Did she want to see him again? ‘Do bears shit in woods?’ replied our romantic heroine. < as lemmas |
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