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As long as it took that river to carve the Grand Canyon, that is how long women have been learning to subtly manipulate relationships.
— King of the Hill · 1997
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker claims women have spent as long learning to influence relationships subtly as a river needed to carve the Grand Canyon. The comparison is sardonic exaggeration, presenting quiet manipulation as a slow, patient skill refined over vast stretches of time; it is the speaker's view, not established fact.
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