swear on one's mother's grave

swear on one's mother's grave
swear on a stack of Bibles & swear on one's mother's grave
to state something very earnestly, pledging to tell the truth. (\swear on one's mother's grave a stack of Bibles refers in an exaggerated way to swearing to tell the truth in court by placing one's hand on a Bible.) •

I swear on a stack of Bibles that I am telling the truth.

Of course, I'm telling the truth. I swear on my mother's grave!


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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