Sentences with phrase «a slap on the wrist»

Who'd like to bet it'll the same old story once again — a slap on the wrist and they'll be back to «business as usual» in a couple of months?

You can avoid the slaps on the wrist if you had at least as much income tax withheld this year as last (unless you make more than $ 150,000, in which case you have to hold back at least 110 percent of the prior year's withholding).

So, will Congress let Mr. Zuckerberg get away with a slap on the wrist?

«Instead of senior executives being forced out or even criminally sanctioned, the firm receives a fine that amounts to little more than a slap on the wrist.»

If this is not a slap on the wrist I don't know what is.

Additionally, there's strong hope that Insys» management will resolve its Subsys issues with perhaps nothing more than a fine and slap on the wrist.

They got the slap on the wrists they deserved as a wake up call to the real world, which is very very skiddish about people practicing foreign religions on an airplane in public.

District Judge G. Todd Baugh of Montana is catching a lot of heat for the slap on the wrist he's giving to Stacey Rambold, a 54 - year - old teacher who raped a 14 - year - old girl who later committed suicide.

They might get a slap on the wrist and spend a night in jail.

hypocrits, he will be released with a slap on the wrist.

A slap on the wrist and a renewed subscription?

God gives «slaps on the wrist» over and over, sometimes to the point of embarrassment.

It's time these hypocritical jerks got more than a slap on the wrist for all their hate mongering against minorities when they are secretly taking part in the very behavior that they decry.

My point, who cares, your religion is not what I want deciding if we need jobs or a way to create them or how victims of crime who are uninsured get medical bills paid or using your religion to decide who deserves what time in prison and who gets a slap on teh wrist.

Last month she gave only a soft slap on the wrist to Trump's reckless act: but with her international reputation in the balance, she must publicly show that on climate change she has far more in common with the rest of the world than with Donald Trump and join other leaders in defending and advancing the Paris Agreement.»

I think I saw this on MSNBC the other night.Seems like the Penn State officials have too much baucarerucy when it comes to reporting crimes on campus and that they're too big to jail like how the Wall Streeters have been getting off easy not even with a slap on the wrist (for now).

If he had been drunk, he would have gotten off with a slap on the wrist and maybe traffic court.

No, I won't say the name of the game because the NFL and S.B. are hardcore about no one using their logo / name and I'm not getting slapped on the wrist.

In December 2016, in a case where (as with the detergent) Bella Vista could've walked away with a relatively meaningless fine and a slap on the wrist, the Fresh Food People changed tack, staring down Sims over unconscionable conduct charges.

However, as noted in the report from the Sun, Monreal had supposedly risked breaking «strict piracy laws», and it was claimed that he would have to remove the video and had already potentially done enough to earn a slap on the wrists from Instagram.

The Boston Globe's Peter Abraham reports that an MLB source says Boston's punishment will be a «slap on the wrist» thanks to the cooperation the Red Sox showed during MLB's investigation.

He's been giving up pay for 7 years now and still only getting the smallest of slaps on the wrist.

«But people thought they'd get a slap on the wrist and that would be the end of it.»

I know it doesn't mean jack to a multimillionaire but a slap on the wrist is better than nothing.

If he shows remorse for his actions and pleads that the injustice got the better of him and that he has learnt from his mistake, I'm sure that the FA will let him off with just a small fine and a slap on the wrist (warning)

Orange Crushed The Syracuse basketball program, slapped on the wrists two weeks ago by the NCAA for assorted rules violations, was dealt another stinging blow Monday when the NCAA announced that center Conrad McRae could begin serving a previously announced three - game suspension by sitting out exhibitions against Marathon Oil and Kazakhstan's national team.

When they were reprimanded for flashing a «T» for TOGA in the end zone, it was a slap on the wrist.

Troy deeney setting a great example for the younger generation right there but I bet he doesn't even get a slap on wrist??

We will get a slap on the wrist and a 30 grand fine.

Hardworking players like mertasacker and giroud are more often than not bear the brunt of the criticism while the English core are given just a mere slap on the wrist with the usual adage about «young and having time on their side to improve».

Because if any part of this case is successful, and the NCAA merely gives UNC a slap on the wrist, the NCAA could have much bigger problems than UNC down the road.

I truly believe that PSU and Baylor got what amounted to a slap on the wrist.

Now there's an educated slap on the wrist.

As for Barcelona chasing Bellerin Arsenal should report them to FIFA for «tapping up» at the very least unsettling the player mind you as it is Barcelona just a slap on the wrist would be the punishment!!

The spineless football authorities will perhaps give him a token fine and a slap on the wrist, since they too are complicit in keeping the game from becoming honest and ethical.

A slap on the wrist would tell every Sunday morning player that it's OK to abuse or physically assault officials.

Everyone was in favor of a slap on the wrist — everyone except the defensive coordinator, Ol' Hangin» Judge Stallings.

A fine and a slap on the wrist will go down a lot easier than a full - on ban on the eve of the club's move to La Peineta.

Not sure anyone will be wanting to sign him next year for other than a few million, He has had one good game so far this season and seeing we have had a great start that does not sit well, Last week playing Tomks and Reid in the middle was not good and so far Tomks has played better at right back because he concentrated more and don't give me that not so good attacking view we don't need that with the midfield and forwards we have and I would prefer Kouyate going forward and not having to worry about covering Jenks back, Time for Oxford to have a game along side Reid I think or Ginge, Maybe Jenks and Noble need to watch from the bench for a week and get a reality check, No I ain't saying get rid just a slap on the wrist to wake them up

Opposing players know they can kick Arsenal players and the worst that will happen to them is a slap on the wrist.

Don't assume that any type of arrest or any type of allegation is just kid's play or a slap on a wrist.

As though it's an inconvenience to have to give them a little slap on the wrists, when their time could be better spent putting murderers and drug lords away.

If she denies visitation, I have to wait for ten more things to happen, file a contempt charge, wait two months to go to court for a judge to slap her on the wrist.

They give midwives who don't recognize a baby is in danger (look at Aquila, who died because her mom had a placental abruption) a slap on the wrist... a six month suspension, or less.

This is a step in the right direction and would put down a marker to formula companies that failure to comply is not going to be a mere slap on the wrists.

He was of the view that «history will yet record also that when militants of the NPP violently stormed a court, freed suspects on trial and threatened the presiding judge with assault, they did not receive even a slap on their wrists, they were in fact set free».

In his keynote speech to the Liberal Democrat conference, the business secretary will announce plans for a tightening of the law to end the «slap on the wrist» approach to «dodgy directors».»

The punishment for leaving a dog out in the freezing cold to potentially die should be beyond a mere slap on the wrist, pay your fine and go back to your puppy mill to extract more blood money.

Cuomo budget spokesman Morris Peters said the state will also make sure traffic - court judges are made aware of accused speeders» driving histories in the hopes that repeat offenders receive more than just a slap on the wrist.

Paladino slammed Cuomo's settlement with Albany lobbyist Pat Lynch, saying he thought her $ 500,000 fine and ban on lobbying the state comptroller's office amounted to little more than a «slap on the wrist.»