Sentences with phrase «as a brick wall»

As a long - term indicator of trend, the 200 - day moving average usually acts as a brick wall.

Another angle on this metaphor is that when we appropriate the Bible ideologically as proof - texts, it's about as personal to us as a brick wall of truth that we build and then stand next to and point at.

Picture mystery as a brick wall in our proverbial path.

Ever since Skrtel took over the central defender role at Liverpool this season, the club have enjoyed what could only be described as a brick wall defense.

Your reflection on the Chelsea team is stupid because Chelsea against us and Man Utd played as a brick wall.

After the prior evening's argument instigated by Joanna's suspicions that Michael has had an affair with a fetching colleague, Laura (Eva Mendes), whom Joanna spies flirting with him at a work party, Joanna finds herself mulling an extramarital dalliance once she runs into a former fling, Alex (Guillaume Canet), whose advances are about as subtle as a brick wall.

Final Fantasy Type - 0 HD may be as welcoming as a brick wall, but behind the stagnant rubbish, through the incomprehensible terminology, and past the overuse of tropes, lays a very decent action RPG that deserves to be free of its shackles.

The discussions around biennial reporting, IAR, and ICA (you know, the alphabet soup...) have been about as transparent as a brick wall.

Think of this as a brick wall turning into a gated entry — while you currently still need to download an app in order to read NFC tags from an iPhone, the implications are huge.

Rustic elements, such as brick walls, hardwood floors, and exposed ceiling beams, add layers of warmth that complement natural wood cabinetry and green glazed finishes.

Not exact matches

It's depressing to watch these slow - mo crashes as they're happening or to see someone who's about to run into a brick wall.

But in November 2013, just as Wojcicki's company was gaining momentum, she hit a brick wall in the U.S..

Georgiadis previously served as Google (googl) Americas President and Wall Street has hoped that she can help the toy maker successfully incorporate tech into toys and also help Mattel find new distribution levers as brick - and - mortar retail traffic slows and consumers buy more goods online.

When I ask Lyndon about how he and Musk compare as CEOs, he returns to that «brick wall» metaphor about how Musk can often break through the impossible.

Making matters worse is the government's management of the crisis; over the past year, it has persisted in upholding its debt payments, but has now hit a brick wall as its foreign reserves have dwindled to US$ 9 billion.

Unless the US wants even more funds going to religious schools and communities so as they can grow and cause more brick walls against the discoveries in science.

This only proves how much failed you are from challenging the contents of the Quran and all you managed to do is making accusations with out a slightest idea of what you are talking about never even cared to take the beauty and leave out what you think of as beast rather than letting out all... but what the use of me talking to a brick of wall that has no religion faith that we can consider as a candle light to guide you to the straight paths to God..?

We might as well be arguing with a brick wall, it would be easier to convince than Limbaugh.

If they are brainwashed people who happen to be unintelligent, not a chance, might as well go try to tear down a brick wall with your face.

And again, using jesus, or the bible in a debate with an atheist is about as fruitful as hammering a fish through a brick wall.

I find it to be about as productive as repeatedly banging my head into a brick wall.

I love it that my friend and you are wrestling with people who both of you see as OK guys with similar outlooks on social and moral issues and get on really well together but even though we can converse on belief the Old Testament is a massive stumbling block, a 100 foot high brick wall.

As for the article, when it comes to religious conservatives, the ones who need to read this and think critically about these things, she might as well be preaching to a brick walAs for the article, when it comes to religious conservatives, the ones who need to read this and think critically about these things, she might as well be preaching to a brick walas well be preaching to a brick wall.

It's the same thing as saying... if you drive that car at 60 mph straight at that brick wall, guess what?

As my Beau and I strolled through the narrow alleyways of the Old Town in Split, we were struck by the intense heat of the Old Town, which entraps the hot air within its high brick walls.

The goal of Mews House was to create a comfortable home that embraced the original character of the building, including exposing brick walls and adding industrial accents such as lighting and furnishings.

Battersby is just like any other brick - walled, Edison lightbulb - lit restaurant in the hipper - than - thou culinary hotbed known as Brooklyn — but better.

Those sorts of businesses that have direct relationships with their producers are clearly going to be better for the eaters as they serve as a kind of conduit between the two, rather than a brick wall like the current system (I'm looking at you, ColesWorths).

Our stores include a range of features such as treated roofs to deflect heat and keep stores cooler, insulated precast concrete exterior walls which require much less energy to make compared to bricks, and cladding made from 70 per cent softwood content sourced from renewable forests.

«In many ways, Battersby is just like any other brick - walled, Edison lightbulb - lit restaurant in the hipper - than - thou culinary hotbed known as Brooklyn.

It only intensifies as you enter the brick - walled space, past T - shirts for sale (my favorite: SMOKED WHILE YOU SLEEP).

A brick wall recreates the experience of walking through Printers Alley, Nashville and is adorned with custom neon signs, created by Let There Be Neon, as well as vintage style posters, created by Nashville's Hatch Show Print.

It's worth pondering whether Richardson has that level of comfort yet with the way these plays are being blocked since he did get traded in the early part of the season, but at some point he just has to put his head down and run as if he is trying to make it through a brick wall.

We can open out to attack as a force, we can act alone as a skilled warrior or we can form up and become a brick wall for the opposition to bash their head against.

As it seemed as UCLAN were about to score, like a brick wall, MMU stood and for quite a significant amount of time it seemed there was no way they would get past, but UCLAN's determination paid off and they got their first try of the match around the 62 minute marAs it seemed as UCLAN were about to score, like a brick wall, MMU stood and for quite a significant amount of time it seemed there was no way they would get past, but UCLAN's determination paid off and they got their first try of the match around the 62 minute maras UCLAN were about to score, like a brick wall, MMU stood and for quite a significant amount of time it seemed there was no way they would get past, but UCLAN's determination paid off and they got their first try of the match around the 62 minute mark.

I expect two games of playing against a brick wall and I hope it won't have the same consquences as the Stoke game.

Players who win when they will, as the cliche has it, run through brick walls for him.

From another part of the course, Bull Cyclone would hurl bricks at the players as they tried to regain their balance after clambering over a wall.

After this I am giving up debating with you as it is like banging my head against a brick wall.

As a result, Drayton Park — the road — was left broad but un-leafy: terraced houses sprang up along its eastern side but they were opposite high brick walls behind which trains rumbled into and out of the City.

I could go on but it's like talking to a brick wall and I've spent way too much time on here trying to educate the uneducated clowns such as yourself.

Musacchio was a brick wall in Milan's defense, shutting the Romanian side down for the majority of the game and he rightfully earned our MOTM, though a solid argument can be made for Rodriguez and Kessie as well.

Those who do repeat might as well beat their heads against brick walls until the pain stops.

I truly felt as if that small, thin piece of plastic was like a brick wall between us, preventing us from fully being that beautiful breastfeeding pair.

Efforts made by former President Goodluck Jonathan to reconcile the two factions have also met a brick wall as Sheriff and members of his team walked out of the meeting called by the former President to resolve the crisis.

Having met a brick wall at the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Tuesday, the immediate past governor of Kogi state, Capt Idris Wada, has rejected the verdict just as he has resolved to appeal the ruling that struck out his petition.

Everyday bricks are added to the anti-terrorist fence (or apartheid wall, as some call it), thereby outcasting communities of shared history, as well as hindering commerce and splitting communities (and families) apart.

The trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mr Nnamdi Kanu, met a brick wall today, as the Department of State Service (DSS) could not produce him in court.

Attempt to request of him what the outcome of the meeting was met a brick wall on the part of the State House Correspondents as the Senate president refused to speak on the matter.

I would also say that the way many sports and exercise science degrees are structured leaves graduates facing a brick wall, as the majority of core modules focus on elite athlete performance, as opposed to that of Jo Bloggs down the road.