Author: Archie Bunker

But what does he owe me for 5 years of bread and broad?

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Malaprops

We better not, ya know, kill our chickens before they cross the road.

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Animals Malaprops Situations

Lemon merinj pie.

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Malaprops TV/Movie Quotes

“Go west,” like Horace Greenberg said.

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It ain’t German to the conversation. It ain’t supposed to make sense; it’s faith. Faith is something that you believe that nobody in his right mind would believe.

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Beliefs Malaprops TV/Movie Quotes

God don't make no mistakes… that's how He got to be God.

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Beliefs God Mistakes

Up there in his ivory shower.

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Malaprops TV/Movie Quotes

Up the creek without a saddle.

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Malaprops TV/Movie Quotes

Mrs. O’Leary’s cow is sorry, but Cleveland burned anyway.

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Misspokements

Friccastewing a chicken on the hotplate.

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Cooking Food/Drink Malaprops

Too long they’ve been gettin’ the short end of the totem pole.

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Mixed metaphors TV/Movie Quotes

Edith, I’m mortifried!

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Malaprops

You got easy regress to safety.

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Mixed metaphors

What ya eat ain't got nuttin' to do with how old ya are. That all depends on your ancestors. It's what they call a matter of heresy.

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Family Malaprops

A woman should cleave into her husband… right here in this house is where Edith’s cleavage belongs.

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Misspokements TV/Movie Quotes

You painted us into a corner, then you threw away the key.

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Mixed metaphors TV/Movie Quotes

In fifty years, he never worked a day. To him, nine to five was odds on a horse.

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TV/Movie Quotes Work

Business adventurous

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Malaprops

Something’s rotten in the state of Denver.

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Malaprops

You don’t hear me gettin’ historical.

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Malaprops

Why don't you go take a short walk on a long pier?

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Malaprops