Sentences with phrase «as cheap shots»

With that said, the use of these clichés can sometimes be seen as cheap shots from the script writers to move (very quickly!)

Tart as some of these epigrams may be, they rarely come across as cheap shots.

For all the skill he has I'll still view him as a cheap shot artist.

Of course, I believe that you pointed it out as a cheap shot, but I could be wrong.

Not exact matches

(The Eritrean government dismissed the report as «cheap shots and lies.»)

As for poking fun at my book... don't you think your cheap shots might be a little narrow, seeing you've NEVER even read it.

The chapter entitled «Waging Identity Wars» forced me to confront some of the reasons why I can be cruel and dismissive toward conservative evangelicals (``... when we're suffering an identity crisis, we take cheap shots at other groups in order to feel better about ourselves») and how to move forward (``... we must affirm who we really are as the people of God before we can begin to interact with each other as the people of God.»)

Christians easily recognize them as just another cheap shot at the belief on behalf of a anti Christian establishment.

The most uncomprehending comments from the Post were those of columnist Richard Cohen, who denounced Scalia as a «cheap - shot artist» for his attack on the Post's coverage of reported miracles in Virginia, and claimed Scalia was «abusing» the newspaper to make his point that the «worldly wise» are hostile «to religion and religious phenomena.»

And when he hit Jacob with a cheap shot, we too went slack, wounded as much by all our old treacheries as by our going to the mat with God.

It's mind - boggling to me that for as much skill as the guy has he consistently crosses the line between good hard hockey play and thug / goon / cheap shot artist / etc.

As revealed in a Daily Star report, the 22 - year old feels that the recent comments by the former captain of Tottenham and current TV pundit were a cheap shot and, considering all the injury problems that Redknapp had in his career, a bit hypocritical and lacking in any real insight or professional respect.

If you are as cheap as I am, you may want to give them a shot.

As for bloggers and journalists, sometimes they'll be rivals, sometimes they'll be friends (with or without benefits), and sometimes they'll take cheap shots at each other.

Trump denounced charges in a California lawsuit that he raped a teenaged girl 22 years ago as «categorically false,» dismissing the tale as a bogus political cheap shot.

As for Hevesi's comment, Cuomo spokesman Richard Azzopardi said that «once again Hevesi has shown he doesn't let the facts get in the way of a dumb pot shot from the cheap seats.»

You're right that I was taking cheap shots at the Macintosh interface, and yes, it's not really as old as some of its competition.

The entire production does look cheap accept for Number 5, as if they shot most of it in and around the local area quickly without permission.

It is shot on video, giving it a documentary feel, which is okay, but it really makes everything look grainy and cheap, and the impact is lessened as a result.

Except for a few cheap shots at the Republican Party, Feds is surprisingly reverent to such government institutions as the FBI.

As for Fif's cheap shots at Empire, well, those don't seem to be letting up anytime soon either.

I liked Old School less and less as it wore on, character comedy souring into cheap shots like Ferrell injecting himself with the tranq gun of Seann William Scott (that's right, three minutes with Stifler from American Pie!).

Bad press has made the profession a very untrustworthy one, as we can see from the locals taking cheap shots at him in the pub or parents scared to leave their children alone with him.

Millie is cute, but as character device she's a cheap, unimaginative shot.

In terms of quality, Weinstein, Craven and the crew pulled off their return to Woodsboro, but not as an honest sequel; it was more of a cheap shot, scrambling for laughs by poking fun at itself.

Likewise, LaBute's direction never rises above «competent,» and the noticeable lack of art direction makes the movie look cheap (it was clearly filmed in ordinary locations around Albuquerque, and one imagines the city rues the day it gave LaBute whatever tax breaks convinced him to shoot there, since he depicts the locals, almost without exception, as rubes).

The hyper - realistic imagery not only ensures every computer - generated effect and model shot is obvious, as well as the casting its performers in an unflattering, cheap television - style light, but exposes the film's artifice.

Dust storms, planetary rovers, and spaceships fill the screen without seeming cheap, as well as the relatively convincing Mars landscape, shot in the country of Jordan, in the background.

And when a substance of hers, that Buchannon describes as stronger than «bath salts on meth,» washes up on shore, the gang goes into action to solve the crime, but also for additional phallic jokes (more than just Oscar's member is sacrificed on the alter of cheap laughs), near drownings, shootings, various vomiting scenes (a body function that seems to have totally replaced farting in the screenwriter's lowest denomination guidebook), shipboard fires, shark attacks, Mitch getting fired and replaced by Brody, and slow - motion shots of well - endowed women running up and down the beach.

While regular 996 Carreras remain as cheap as rice, special 996s continue to shoot up in value.

Unless you can provide proof that Scottish renewable energy plans are being paid for by the «rest of the UK» I'll have to treat that as the usual cheap shot BS.

Some of the bonuses of waiting for a trade (complete story, cheaper price, easier to store, durability / longevity of format) will be decreased, leaving really just getting a complete story in one shot as the main bonus.

Compare this with Dark Souls II: instead of carefully planned enemy encounters and environments, it almost feels as if half the game is comprised of cheap shots coming from around corners on narrow walkways.

I've been writing articles about video games for various magazines and online publications for going on two decades, and I'll admit: Taking cheap hate - shots at Musou games has been one of my favorite pastimes as a word - typer across these decades.

At the end of the day, fans of the original will enjoy what Dead Island: Riptide has to offer, though newcomers might as well pick up the first title for cheap and give it a shot before picking this up.

However, this was described as an individual action outside the main Stuckist group by Thomson, who nevertheless took the opportunity to remark: «I was puzzled that Parker had been allowed to do her string - wrapping — thereby using another artist's work to promote her ideas — as this was precisely the allegation that an enraged Serota had thrown at me in Trafalgar Square and dubbed a «cheap shot».»

Take out the cheap shots and name - calling (such as «arrogant,» and «desperately»), and try something in the neighborhood of reason.

I recently had the opportunity to tour the factory where Herman Miller, the other licensee, produces the same chair, and shot some video as well; I am not good enough that they could be called «porny» unless one refers to the cheap shaky films with bad sound, but perhaps I fill in some of those gaps in the process.

Reiterate such cheap shots as much as you like, you'll never be able to hold a candle — let alone a correction pencil — next to what the acclaimed science writer does.

And I'd never think you'd go for that cheap shot because AT was simply expressing astonishment as to why nobody mentioned the A's affiliation.

Steve pegged your comment as «drive - by», common in the blogosphere, of which you are a part too I see, and I would call it a cheap shot.

Also, that is a rather cheap shot when you said if someone did not respond they will accept all you believe as laid out in this thread.

If you use a Mac, give PDFpen a shot as a cheaper alternative.

The Blaze, its first shot at Apple, had a strange design with a metallic frame that didn't look as premium as an Apple Watch, but wasn't much cheaper.

These are the things that mark it out as a me - too brand that is hell - bent on appealing to the lowest common denominator by taking cheap shots at brands, or appealing to the stereotype technology buyer.

Owning an affordable phone no longer means you're getting a cheap phone, as you'll certainly find out if you give the ZTE ZMAX Pro a shot.

In forums across the globe, protesters have smeared Hamel for what they see as a self - aggrandizing cheap shot at a legitimate digital currency.

Neither laptops are on the cheap side of the spectrum, and as you opt for better specs and higher memory, the price shoots up.