quote chapter and verse

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

quote chapter and verse
 v.

   [by analogy with the mainstream phrase] To cite a relevant excerpt
   from an appropriate {bible}. "I don't care if rn gets it wrong;
   `Followup-To: poster' is explicitly permitted by {RFC}-1036. I'll
   quote chapter and verse if you don't believe me." See also {legalese},
   {language lawyer}, {RTFS} (sense 2).

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

quote chapter and verse

   [by analogy with the mainstream phrase] To cite a relevant
   excerpt from an appropriate {bible}.  "I don't care if "rn"
   gets it wrong; "Followup-To: poster" is explicitly permitted
   by {RFC} 1036.  I'll quote chapter and verse if you don't
   believe me."  See also {legalese}, {language lawyer}, {RTFS}
   (sense 2).

   [{Jargon File}]

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