does a bear crap in the woods
- idiom
- Offensive
:
¿Acaso los osos cagan en el bosque?
- "Are you coming to the party?" "Does a bear crap in the woods? Of course I am!"
Examples
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Of course he loves pizza; does a bear crap in the woods?
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Whenever someone asks if he likes pizza, he just replies, "does a bear crap in the woods?"
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If you're wondering whether she finished the project on time, well, does a bear crap in the woods?
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When she asked if he would go to the party, he replied, does a bear crap in the woods!
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"Are you coming to the party?" "Does a bear crap in the woods? Of course I am!"
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If you're wondering whether she finished the project on time, well, does a bear crap in the woods?
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Whenever someone asks if he likes pizza, he just replies, "does a bear crap in the woods?"
Synonyms
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7.7
A casual way to say yes when speaking
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8.2
A casual way to say yes
A funny informal way to say yes very clearly and strongly
A sarcastic question people ask to say the answer is obviously yes
A question asked to show the answer is obviously yes
A question people ask to show the answer is clearly yes
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
do + a + bear + crap + in + the + woods
The rhetorical question's meaning ('obviously/ emphatically yes') is directly derivable from the literal combination: bears live in woods and pass stool, so the expected answer is obviously yes. While it is colloquial and vulgar in register, the affirmative inference follows transparently from the constituent words and the rhetorical/questioning format, so a B1 learner who knows the words should grasp the intended meaning.
Etymology
Does a bear crap in the woods gives a simple, rude picture: a wild bear will naturally crap in the woods, so the answer is obviously yes. That's why people ask it as a cheeky question to mean 'definitely yes' or 'of course'.