Sentences with phrase «as a fiddle for»

If you happen to be sitting on any of the cars listed in the HAGI Index as having strong growth potential, like an E46 BMW M3, a rarer example of the 993 - generation 911, or even an A80 Toyota Supra, you're likely going to want to keep it as fit as a fiddle for a few years while fending off buying offers from speculators.

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Apple and Exxon Mobil frequently compete for rank as the largest public company globally — though Exxon, with a market cap of $ 400 billion, is currently playing second fiddle, in more ways than one.

Werner, dressed as Monopoly's Rich Uncle Pennybags, sat just behind Smith for the entirety of his testimony, fiddling with a monocle and mopping their brow with oversized $ 100 bills.

It will call to you from the refrigerator while you fiddle with your stir - fry for dinner; it will entice you while you recline on the couch to watch your soap opera; it will torment you as you slog through another session on the treadmill; it will whisper to you while you lie in bed and think about what to write in tomorrow's blog post.

In the same water, blanch the fiddle heads for 5 minutes and add them into the ice water as well.

The highly rated goalkeeper has found appearances hard to come by for Stoke City and he has played second fiddle to Asmir Begovic, but could use the tournament as a catalyst at an important time in his career.

I do nt think there will be any replacement for flamini Arteta will cover for coq but if arteta is injured as well then we can deploy chambers and in worst case if he is also injured we can use santi there It is very difficult to find some one who is ready to play second fiddle to coq Forget benders or krychowaik they will demand first team football straight away

I too have much regard for Giroud but we are never going to win the title with his standard as main striker, despite his relative success and at 31 he can not be expected to play third fiddle behind the LACAZETTE and P - MA.

As for our season, I knew it ended, immediately we couldn't beat Bournemouth, whose defence was marshalled by Chelsea's second fiddle defender — Ake

They have a shelf life of 8/10 years at the very top if they are lucky so who can begrudge them the opportunity to make hay whilst the sun is shining... am not saying Sanchez is not money driven but the way the guy plays i can mortgage my life he actually enjoys the game, enjoys wining first and foremost then money comes 2nd... like the author of the article rightly pointed out, he was in Messi's shadow at Barca and could not express himself fully, now he is at a club where he is the main man and given a free role and license to express himself and i very much doubt if he will want to go to a club like Madrid (as been rumoured in the dailies today) to relieve the bad experience he suffered at Barca because let us face facts, he is never going to displace CR7 as the main man, so even if Madrid sells Benzema or Bale to make room for him he will be back to the same position he was at Barca, this time he will be playing 2nd fiddle to CR7 so my guess is all the Madrid talks is been fed the press by his agents to drive a hard bargain when contract extension talks resumes.....

We as the Arsenal need to do our part in becoming a place where the highest dreams of players are realized, even if we don't always win trophies, we need to at least always have a «Genuine» fighting chance, Real Madrid went a number of seasons chasing La Decima, spent loads of cash, played second fiddle to Barca for a few seasons even but still players still dreamed of playing for them in that period, we as fans need to grow up too and stop bitching and whining especially about our players, we create a toxic atmosphere for these guys when we do so and it doesn't help nobody, little wonder our players perform better away than they do at home.

Good point made I actually do nt mind the current Gk Squad weve got, but lets be realistic would Szczeney really want to have another season like this as understudy, remember he has an outspoken former polish international goalkeeper as his father, he wont want to be second fiddle come next season, am okai if he does stay but most likely hell leave, Ospina has done a fabulous job and deserves credit, if wenger wants to keep him as no 1 he might have to look at youth for an understudy, but ive got a feeling he might look for an experienced head behind the sticks, someone to marshall the defence

Schliderine and Kongbodia if we buy, it will be not so good for Coq as he is currently better than those and those two will warrant a starting role if they are to sign So we need some one like Wayanmen who can bully others and will have no issues playing second fiddle to Coq.

As for Begovic, he has played second - fiddle to Thibaut Courtois since arriving at Stamford Bridge from Stoke City in 2015, and has made just five appearances so far this season.

As Nacho is now 29, perhaps Kieran Gibbs would have been hoping that the rumours of Nacho leaving were true, but it looks like the Englishman will still be playing second fiddle for some time yet.

It might be a possibilty that we may change the pattern and opt for 3 instead of 2 on the bench but still will Coquelin be happy to play as a second fiddle to Morgan since he has performed excellently since his comeback — and will it not hamper his development??

... everyone knows barca as at that time played for messi... Sanchez has always been fire... he was unlucky where he had to play second fiddle to messi

And with Falcao back to full fitness and already among the goals for Monaco in Ligue 1, some have claimed that the former Arsenal captain may have to play second fiddle to him as the season progresses.

Rio de Janeiro may be the setting for world football's showpiece event in 2014, at the newly refurbished Maracana stadium, but as far as domestic football goes the city has had to play second fiddle to both Sao Paulo and its neighbour Santos in recent seasons.

Greedy Stan Kronke is only concerned with making money, and if Usmanov sells up then we are in it deep cos Wenger will continue to steal a living from the club as will that clown Walcott.We are also rans, there is no real desire to spend a penny more than necessary and every year Wenger fiddles around at the edges of the team but never really completes the job, I'm sick of watching the same game over and over, Wenger waving his arms about but doing the like for like subs on about 70 mins as usual while Bouldy sticks to his vow of silence, we are a joke among the top teams, and if Wenger signs a new deal then I may have to take a 2 year sabbatical cos I'm sick of the man and his bu # * ~ $ t press conferences,

For a new years present i would like a Tommy V and Gibbs «fit as a fiddle» for the remainder of the season!For a new years present i would like a Tommy V and Gibbs «fit as a fiddle» for the remainder of the season!for the remainder of the season!!!!

Personally I'd like to see him stay as a back - up for whoever comes in to replace Mathieu Flamini but I can understand why — at 32 — he wouldn't want to spend his remaining few years playing second fiddle, especially while he remains the captain of Brazil.

I am mindful of not blathering on all so very much here about Taproot as I know you don't come here for just that, but the work and our new space has been what's filling my moments when I'm not on the college search / fiddle lessons / homeschooling / dance classes / theater rehearsals / farming duties.

«As babies get better control of their arms and legs they start all sorts of fun «gymnurstics»... Holding her hand, giving her a toy to play with, or wearing a chunky necklace for her to fiddle with are all ways to keep her distracted.»

Shame on the Congressional Clown pols that are fiddling for personal gain and posturing as the nation and the financial markets wobbled through another week, uncertain that in the end the folks that represent the people will get it at least partially right.

MacShane had previously written an article for The Guardian in which he played down the expenses scandal, writing, «There will come a moment when moats and manure, bath plugs and tampons will be seen as a wonderful moment of British fiddling, but more on a Dad's Army scale than the real corruption of politics.»

The statement read, «Contrary to rumours making the rounds about the state of health of Osun Deputy Governor, Mrs Titi Laoye - Tomori, it has been officially confirmed that the immediate past Commissioner for Education in the State is as fit as a fiddle and presently enjoying a very sound health.

In his Budget speech on Wednesday, Mr Osborne boasted that unlike under previous governments his figures «are not fiddled but fair and independent» as they are audited by the Office for Budget Responsibility.

Keep in mind that they aren't as optimized for fiddling with the remote as some other earbuds on our list, so they are best for people who don't mind reaching for their phone occasionally.

And for a limited time, you can get a discount and 30 Days of Meal Plans to get you fit as a fiddle.

Will and I also made a trip to Pottery Barn and picked up these sheer curtains (I ordered the cheap ones I linked to in last week's post and they were dreadful in person), this faux fiddle leaf fig (obsessed), and a candle for this lantern that we received as a wedding gift and that my mom suggested bringing into our living room.

Besides, being the founder of Fit As A Fiddle and having worked in retail for 4 years including enterprises like Reliance Brands, I am also a full - time shopping expert for a US - based app called MEZI.

Hey, I'm Sean, I'm a volunteer Fireman / EMT, I work part - time as a deli clerk and almost any time I have free you can guarantee that I'm playing an MMORPG of some sort, from WoW to guild wars 2, I get around even fiddles around with neverwinter for a time, uhh I like to think of myself as...

For the first few seasons, the show played second fiddle to the movies, tweaking plot as the universe changed.

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Frequently cast as the invaluable second fiddle who is nonetheless easy to take for granted, Ruffalo shines in this demanding lead role.

If you told me an earlier draft of the script portrayed pugilist hero Billy Hope as a gifted violinist who puts down the fiddle and steps into the ring to pay for an operation for his blind kid sister, I wouldn't be surprised.

You'll have to excuse us a little as this was quite literally our very first hour with the game — so there's a little control fiddling and a real sense of unfamiliarity with our choice from Monster Hunter World's 14 unique weapon types — but even with us fumbling around the game speaks for itself.

Cage can play a second - fiddle Johnny Depp for Disney as long as he continues to step out to indie films like this one.

That honor went to Antonio Banderas, who, despite reviving his role as the gun - slinging, guitar - strumming El Mariachi, actually plays second fiddle to Depp's Agent Sands for most of the film.

Indeed, until the climactic battle sequence, the action plays second fiddle to the talking, and as odd as that sounds for a superhero movie, it's the right call.

Assuming it's true — state officials seemed to waffle, fiddle, and redefine when asked tough questions by reporters — this would go a long way toward explaining why Texas has for years had a rate of special - ed placements below just about every other state in the union, and far below a handful of jurisdictions (such as Massachusetts) that are pushing 20 percent.

Perhaps, such draconian measures could be introduced for MP's fiddling expenses, companies avoiding tax,... as the previous contributor wrote.

As Hill got the victory, the crowd all but forgot that the original debut date, set for the the Goodwood Easter Meeting, was missed because Jaguar was still working around - the - clock to fiddle out the multiple teething reliability issues found in testing.

Except that I can't take the html that Word creates and upload it directly to KDP or even convert it as is to mobi or epub because I like to use my own CSS style sheet, which has to be fiddled with for each book.

Those three things are responsible for your conversion rate, so I'd focus on them first, make sure they'll all working for you really well, before you waste months (as most authors do) fiddling with your website.

If you really need more storage at all times on your ereader, as somebody else pointed out, you can replace the SD card inside your Kobo Glo, which is admittedly not everyone's cup of tea (especially since it'll likely void the warranty, and require some fiddling with software to prepare the new card properly with the OS for the Kobo).

Alexa's music and news feeds can play in the background as you do other tablet - related stuff, and all the usual support for a wide range of smart home kit is present and correct, for your lightbulb - dimming and thermostat fiddling pleasure.

You'll need to spend 10 minutes fiddling with the software to get the most out of it, and the speakers are naff but if # 130 is as high as the budget will stretch and you have the patience for some little software tweaks, the ZenPad S 8.0 is a tablet that is very easy to recommend.

You, friends and strangers should handle, hold and hug him regularly, as well as look into his eyes, ears and mouth, examine his genitals and fiddle with his teeth, paws and nails (all of which your veterinarian and groomer will thank you for later) before he's 4 months old.