does the Pope shit in the woods

Phrase

humorous idiomatic vulgar colloquial

(idiomatic, humorous, vulgar) Rhetorical question in response to a question where the answer is an emphatic yes.

Japanese Meaning

軽妙な口語表現で、疑問形を用いながらも、答えが明白に『はい』であることを強調する表現。 / ユーモラスでやや下品な調子で、当然のこととして『はい』という返答を皮肉的に示す言い回し。 / 「もちろんそうだ」という意味合いを、疑問形を逆手に取って強調する表現。

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女は皮肉な笑みを浮かべて『ローマ法王が森でうんこをするか』と言い、その答えが断固たる「はい」であることを示した。

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Sense（1）

(idiomatic, humorous, vulgar) Rhetorical question in response to a question where the answer is an emphatic yes.

"You still interested in a writing job?" he asked. … Is the Pope Catholic? Does a bear shit in the woods? Or, as one of the guys had said a few weeks before, Does the Pope shit in the woods? A writing job. “Yeah,” was all she could say.

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Sense（2）

(colloquial, idiomatic, humorous, vulgar) Rhetorical question in response to a question where the answer is an emphatic no.

"You won't print it?" Sandy said with iron certainty.

"Does the pope shit in the woods?" Jared said. "Fuck no, we won't print it."

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