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

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is the sky blue

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is the sky blue

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colloquial rhetoric

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

Japanese Meaning

皮肉的または修辞的な質問として用いられ、当然の答え（つまり「はい」）を強調する際に用いられる表現。 / 当たり前の事柄に対する問いかけとして、実際には肯定の意味を含む応答を示すための言い回し。

When she asked whether I'd go onstage, I shot back, 'is the sky blue?'

彼女がステージに出るか尋ねたとき、私は『空が青いかって？』と返した。

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