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Etymology
From the 1939 film adaptation of L. Frank Baum's 1900 book The Wizard of Oz, which includes the line, "Lions, and tigers, and bears, oh my!".
Phrase
X and Y and Z, oh my!
- (snowclone) Expresses awe at, or fear of, three things.
Usage notes
It is truer to the original to keep the stress pattern the same as in "lions and tigers and bears, oh my" — but it often deviates from that form.
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