Gunsmoke

Concerning arresting an abused starving sodbuster wife: "Blaming her would be like blaming the night for being dark."

On a long ride with Matt, Chester declares, "Why I'm so hungry, my stomach is growing teeth."

Commenting of Doc Adams's grumpy disposition: "What's the matter Doc? Someone pull you through a knot hole?"

On observing a prisoner Matt is releasing from jail, Chester addresses the prisoner, "You look like the dogs had you under the house."

Hotter than a jug full of red ants.

[It's] hot enough to fry a horseshoe.

You couldn't burst a bird's egg with a ball-peen hammer.

This here [stew] will grow hair on your elbows.

This here [stew] will put muscles in your whiskers.

Tighter than the feathers on a prairie chicken's rump.

I'll get after you like thunder after lightnin'.

Fine as frogs hair.

Naked as a plucked prairie chicken.

Bleedin' like a stuck hog.

He ain't got the gumption to pound sand down a rat hole.

I thumped him 'till his ears rang like the liberty bell.

Crookeder than a dog's hind leg.

[He's] got more friends than a dog's got hairs on his back.

[He] draws trouble like a summer melon draws flies.

I'll get onto you like ugly on an ape.