"does a bear shit in the woods" meaning in English

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Phrase

Audio: En-au-does a bear shit in the woods.ogg [Australia]
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) Head templates: {{head|en|phrase|head=does a bear shit in the woods?}} 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. Tags: colloquial, mildly, rhetoric, vulgar Categories (topical): English rhetorical questions 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?, do bears shit in the woods?, does a bear crap in the woods? Derived forms: does the Pope shit in the woods? (english: 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): schijt een beer in het bos (Dutch), is de paus katholiek (Dutch), paskooko karhu metsään (Finnish), pytasz dzika, czy sra w lesie (Polish), blanca y en botella, leche (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-does_a_bear_shit_in_the_woods-en-phrase-tISgM51- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with redundant target parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks

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      "word": "do bears shit in the woods?"
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