lions and tigers and bears, oh my

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English

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Etymology

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From the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.

Noun

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lions and tigers and bears, oh my (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) More things of the same kind; et cetera.
    • 2011, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Amy Newmark, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tales of Golf and Sport:
      It's [playing sports] about divots, brush-burns, rally caps, the Miracle On Ice, and Lions, and Tigers and Bears (Oh my!).
    • 2021, Mandy Hale, Don't Believe the Swipe: Finding Love without Losing Yourself:
      We've talked about ghosters and exters and love bombers and kittenfishers and lions and tigers and bears ... oh my!
    • 2012, Shelly Crane, Devour, page 266:
      Although things weren't solved and we were far from done with this whole Horde thing, and lions and tigers and bears, oh my; I felt good. I knew things would be hard and dangerous in the days to come and I had no idea what to expect, []