Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for August 03, 2011
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Transcript:
Gene: OK, what's a dowelry? Mary Lou: Dowry! Mary Lou: A dowry is what my family pays your family to take me off their hands! Gene: You're kidding me. Mary Lou: No!! Mary Lou: And f I were your family, I'd shoot the moon!
As a Brit, I have to assume that “shoot the moon” is a US colloquialism that I’m not familiar with. Over her it means (or used to mean) “do a moonlight flit”, that is, move house in the middle of the night to avoid paying the back rent. Doesn’t sound like that applies here!