are bears Catholic

are bears Cath·ol·ic
UK/ɑː ˌbɛəz ˈkæθəlɪk/UK/-ˈkæθlɪk/UK, British, Southern, Standard/-ˌbɛːz-/US/ɑɹ ˌbɛəɹz ˈkæθəlɪk/

A form of is a bear Catholic — A rhetorical question in response to a question where the answer is an emphatic yes: duh!, obviously!, of course!

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phraseare bears Catholic?
  1. alternativehumorousidiomaticAlternative form of is a bear Catholic

    'Can you be back here in an hour?' Are bears Catholic? Minutes later I was nursing a Guinness in the Dog and Duck, reading the script. 'Oh my God I'm rescuing my betrothed from the Indians ... oh wow I'm shooting the rapids ... Christ I go over a waterfall ... oh oh oh[…]

    2017 October 5, Timothy Bentinck, Being David Archer: And Other Unusual Ways of Earning a Living, Constable, →ISBN
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    [‘]But we’re not interested in the money, just the menorah, right?’ / ‘Right.’ / ‘Why? Are you Jewish?’ / Jake grinned. / ‘Are bears Catholic? Does the Pope shit in the woods?’ / ‘Okay, okay! Sorry I asked. It’s just that what we're going to be doing from here on in is very high-risk.[’]

    2007, Michael Dibdin, End Games: The Last Aurelio Zen Novel, London: Faber and Faber, →ISBN, page 239

    Can you correct for bias in coefficient estimates from autocorrelation in models with lagged-dependent variables? Are bears Catholic? In most cases, there is no correction for the bias in coefficient estimates from autocorrelation in models with lagged-dependent variables. There is an approach.

    2019 January 21, Jeremy Arkes, Regression Analysis: A Practical Introduction, Routledge, →ISBN

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