swear on a stack of Bibles

swear on a stack of Bibles
in. to make a very solemn pledge of one’s honesty. (Folksy. Official oaths are sometimes taken with one hand on a Bible. This phrase implies that more Bibles make an even stronger oath.)
□ I swear on a stack of Bibles that I was in Atlanta on the night of January sixteenth.
□ It’s true! I swear on a stack of Bibles it’s true!

Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.

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