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From layered metaphors to satire, what people say about onions.

Most of the metaphor work here treats the onion as a stand-in for something built in Layers - a woman's chastity, for one quote, described the same way you'd peel back skin after skin.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

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Nov 07, 2020

The smell of onion is the most effective thing for relieving stinging eyes irritated by tear gas.

Quotes by Sayed Kashua

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Nov 07, 2020

A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.

Quotes by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Nov 07, 2020

I love The Onion videos, those are amazing.

Quotes by Lucas Cruikshank

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Nov 07, 2020

The Onion Field made a real writer. And then I knew it was over, I couldn't be a cop anymore.

Quotes by Joseph Wambaugh

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Nov 07, 2020

All we have to do is to peel the shrines like an onion, and we will be with the king himself.

Quotes by Howard Carter

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Nov 07, 2020

We're producing a movie now, 'The Onion' Movie, and it's very difficult for me to be on the set. If I'm not right in the trenches, it's very difficult for me to watch another director, because I'm not involved and it's not exciting.

Quotes by David Zucker

Other quotes are literal, from the practical trick of using onion smell against tear gas to praise for The Onion's satirical videos. See Identity and Food quotes for related takes on everyday objects.

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