Somebody'll shoot you sure as the Lord made little apples.

Sure as God made little apples, that's who it was.

Sure as God made little green apples, something would happen to put an end to it.

And God didn't make little green apples, she thought, feeling an almost hysterical desire to laugh, though the situation was anything but amusing.

I'm almost afraid to tell you, but if I don't, somebody else will sure as God made little green apples.

And it will, as sure as God makes little green apples in the summertime.

If Jones isn't way up on it, then God didn't make little green apples.

"If he does, Josie'll find out sure as God made little green apples."

His family has lived in these parts since God made little green apples.