- In a manner of speaking...
- No! In plain speaking.

6 seconds sound clip from the The Wicker Man (1973) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:31:16 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

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- They never learn anything of Christianity?

- Only as a comparative religion.

- The children find it far easier to picture reincarnation than resurrection.

- Those rotting bodies are a great stumbling block for the childish imagination.

- Why, of course.

- And may I ask, where is the rotting body of Rowan Morrison?

- Right where you'd expect it to be, in the earth.

- You mean, in the churchyard?

- In a manner of speaking...

- No! In plain speaking.

- The building attached to the ground in which the body lies is no longer used for Christian worship, so whether it is still a churchyard is debatable.

- But forgive me. I must get back to my girls.

- Good morning to you.

- Here lieth Beech Buchanan, protected by the ejaculation of serpents?

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