I decided it was a bunch of malarkey and stopped reading about halfway through.

Malachy—You said it—I wouldn't trust a lawyer no further than I could throw a case of Scotch.

It's a lot of mallarky for mothers, sisters, and sweethearts to ask "Laddie, when you're far away will you think of me?" The answer is NO! The girls who teach the soldier boys are kept busy as a bee. It's the soldier boys who pay.

She shrugged. "I've told you all I know." / "Mallarky. You haven't even begun to spill and you know it."

If I told you that we had launched the glove washing program without effort it would be purely malarkey. Right off the bat we had some squawks about dermatitis.

'Smuggling,' she said. 'has a fine romantic ring about it—once aboard the lugger, you heave ho and all that kind of malarky. …'

Save that malarkey for those old fossils at Midas Creek! You're aiming at the pot. So am I. I'm in control, but you and your infernal luck could upset the applecart.

But, Tony, this has got to stay within the Department. None of our FBIers or state troopers or all them other malarkeys get to hear a word of it.

But I'm not havin' this film mallarky. I'm takin' no memories wi' me.

A company that makes a fetish of never exceeding the budget invites game-playing and other malarky. It is easy to forget the obvious: that it involves no skill to come in on time and under budget if the schedule and budget are generous enough.

"No. She was going through a Kramer vs. Kramer kind of thing at the time. You know, a sort of I-want-to-find-out-who-I-am malarkey." / "And did she find out who she was?" / "Not really. I don't know if anyone really does, do they?"

"An underwater tunnel!" he exclaimed. "A connection between two seas! Who ever heard of such malarkey!"

This book isn't about the application process itself – how best to complete your UCAS form, what the codes are for exam awarding bodies, what to say in interviews and all that mullarkey.

That's a bunch of malarkey piled on malarkey. I knew the minute I saw you there was something special about you, …

Malarkey

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