Appendix:Snowclones/X and Y and Z, oh my!
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the 1939 film adaptation of L. Frank Baum's 1900 book The Wizard of Oz, which includes the line, "Lions, and tigers, and bears, oh my!".
Phrase
[edit]Usage notes
[edit]It is truer to the original to keep the stress pattern the same as in "lions and tigers and bears, oh my" — but it often deviates from that form.
Statistics
[edit]- Frequency: Very frequent (upward of 10 million Google results)