is the sky blue
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪz ðə skaɪ blu/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪz ðə skaɪ bluː/
Phrase
[edit]- (colloquial, rhetorical question) A rhetorical question in response to a question to which the answer is an emphatic yes.
Synonyms
[edit]- does a bear poop in the woods?
- yes
- affirmative
- do fish swim?
- is the Pope Catholic?
- is water wet?
- is snow white?
- does Dolly Parton sleep on her back?
Translations
[edit]emphatic yes by way of an idiomatic, rhetorical question — see does a bear shit in the woods