Meanings
phrasecan a duck swim?
- colloquialrhetoricA rhetorical question in response to a question whose answer is an emphatic yes.
Does it shoot straight? Does it — say, listen, old top, can a duck swim? You bet your boots it shoots straight.
1922, Popular Mechanics, volume 37, number 4, page 182Synonyms: does a bear shit in the woods?, is the Pope Catholic?
Synonyms & antonyms
phraseA rhetorical question in response to a question whose answer is an emphatic yes.
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does a bear shit in the woods?is the Pope Catholic?
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