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does the Pope shit in the woods

does the Pope shit in the woods phrase: obviously! Rhetorical question in response to a question where the answer is an emphatic yes.

Phrase

does the Pope shit in the woods?

  1. (humorous, idiomatic, vulgar) Obviously! Rhetorical question in response to a question where the answer is an emphatic yes.
    • "You still interested in a writing job?" he asked. […] Is the Pope Catholic? Does a bear shit in the woods? Or, as one of the guys had said a few weeks before, Does the Pope shit in the woods? A writing job. “Yeah,” was all she could say.2009, Iris Rainer Dart, Til the Real Thing Comes Along, Grand Central Publishing, →ISBN
    • "I asked her if she would like a coffee. She turned round, smiled and said: 'Does the Pope shit in the woods?' The wife was aghast. Of course I got the blame!”2009, James R. Vance, Killer Butterfly, The eBook Sale, page 233

Synonyms of does the Pope shit in the woods

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Origin of does the Pope shit in the woods

A combination of the two rhetorical questions is the Pope Catholic? and does a bear shit in the woods?. Compare is a bear Catholic?.

Questions about does the Pope shit in the woods

What does does the Pope shit in the woods mean?
Does the Pope shit in the woods means obviously! Rhetorical question in response to a question where the answer is an emphatic yes.
What part of speech is does the Pope shit in the woods?
Does the Pope shit in the woods is a phrase.

Words near does the Pope shit in the woods in the dictionary

  1. does the job
  2. does the math
  3. does the nasties
  4. does the nasty
  5. does the needful
  6. does the Pope shit in the woods
  7. does the Pope wear a funny hat
  8. does the power of good
  9. does the right thing
  10. does the rounds
  11. does the talking

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