is the sky blue

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪz ðə skaɪ blu/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪz ðə skaɪ bluː/

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Phrase

is the sky blue?

1. (colloquial, rhetorical question) A rhetorical question in response to a question to which the answer is an emphatic yes.

Synonyms

• affirmative
• does a bear poop in the woods?
• does Dolly Parton sleep on her back?
• do fish swim?
• is snow white?
• is the Pope Catholic?
• is water wet?
• yes

 

Translations

emphatic yes by way of an idiomatic, rhetorical question — see does a bear shit in the woods?