is the Pope Catholic
A rhetorical question in response to a question to which the answer is an emphatic yesA rhetorical question in response to a question to which the answer is an emphatic yes.
Meaning
1 senses(colloquial, rhetoric)A rhetorical question in response to a question to which the answer is an emphatic yes.
Would you like to go to the beach? ― Is the Pope Catholic?
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