"is the sky blue" meaning in English

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Phrase

IPA: /ɪz ðə skaɪ blu/ [General-American], /ɪz ðə skaɪ bluː/ [Received-Pronunciation]
Head templates: {{head|en|phrase|head=is the sky blue?}} is the sky blue?
  1. (colloquial, rhetorical question) A rhetorical question in response to a question to which the answer is an emphatic yes. Tags: colloquial, rhetoric Categories (topical): English rhetorical questions Synonyms: does a bear poop in the woods?, yes, affirmative, do fish swim?, is the Pope Catholic?, is water wet?, is snow white?, does Dolly Parton sleep on her back?
    Sense id: en-is_the_sky_blue-en-phrase-tISgM51- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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