Sentences with phrase «at taking a hint»

*** In other words, some people are really bad at taking a hint.

However, for those people who are not good at taking a hint (a red flag in itself), I do think a conversation might be in order.

Not exact matches

Zuckerberg hinted at this himself, as the NYTimes wrote: «Asked at the Tsinghua talk about Facebook's plans in the country, Mr. Zuckerberg took two big gulps from his water bottle to laughter, and then said, «We're already in China,» to more laughs.

«I will also be taking steps to create a culture of lifelong learning, helping people develop the skills they need at every stage of their life to succeed in the new economy,» hinted Morneau this past week.

Vice Chairman Carlie Munger, in a separate note, hinted that either Ajit Jain, an insurance executive at the company, or Greg Abel, head of Berkshire's energy unit, would take over as CEO.

In just a few months, we have learned that Flynn lied to Mike Pence, Vice President - elect, about obtaining a security clearance for Flynn's son during the presidential transition; that during the same period, as President Obama was imposing sanctions on Russia for election meddling, Flynn communicated with the Russian ambassador about those sanctions, hinting that President Trump would take a softer line, and then lied to Pence about it (and stood by while Pence publicly repeated that lie); that Flynn was not truthful when questioned by the FBI about the same topic; and that Flynn spoke at a gala for RT, the Kremlin - backed propaganda network and received payments from RT, but dissembled about the source of the payments and seems to have failed to follow U.S. regulations about reporting them.

Mr Baumgartner, whose Red Bull Stratos mission was watched by more than seven million people around the world, also took aim at Sir Richard Branson after the Virgin boss hinted that his company could attempt to break the Austrian's record.

Many Twitter personalities in the previous couple of weeks have been hinting at a workforce taking up one other main ZCL undertaking.

With «Filling The Void In Early Retirement With Part - Time Work,» I hinted at my desire to take on a new challenge, especially since I don't expect my online business to grow much this year due to a normalization in search traffic.

There are also some atheists who take their beliefs to the extreme of judging anyone and everyone who hints at believing in a supernatural world.

The alternatives available within socialism are only hinted at by the various forms it has taken in the Soviet Union, Cuba, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia of the spring of 1968, and China.

It is probably impossible to describe the next stage of existence in earthly terms, and it would be childish to take literally the picture - language of the New Testament writers who make some attempt to hint at its unimaginable splendors and possibilities.

At first they may be taken merely as aesthetic moments, such as communing with nature, savouring memories andimages, meeting mysteries, the heightened sensing of musical sounds, odours, colours, the thrill of acute poetic expression, or moving encounters with other human beings; but on further reflection people often cite such experiences as having a spiritual quality and as hints of the divine.

So John (alone among the gospels) reports, noting that a disciple of Jesus who was acquainted with the High Priest had found his way into the house — which we may possibly take as a hint that he had good information at this point.19

Thus rationality takes over, crowding out the subtle discontinuities hinted at by the word analogy, and the tension between man's thoughts and what is other than man disappears.

He agreed, worked on many of our projects and served on our board of directors for many years — and as time went on began muttering about the dangerous direction bioethics was taking, hinting at times that the center had become part of the problem, not of the solution.

But I believe it was hinted at in the words of a young Cambridge undergraduate who told me that what he and most of his friends aimed at in their sexual behavior were three things: permissiveness, within the range of social decency and acceptance; affection, by which he meant genuine caring and the beginning of real love; and responsibility, which he defined as readiness to stand up and take the consequences for any and every sort of human contact.

Peirce strongly hints at its falsity, as I take Whitehead to do.

Instead, they'll simply hint at it, apologize for hinting at it, and do nothing when the crazy people take over the message.

At this point we take up some hints from the distinctions between various kinds of language - games, which is a particularly important insight for Christian educators.

It's name pretty much hints at what it is; a bowl of delicious smoothie, typically topped with whatever takes your fancy.

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Muschamp not only took a subtle dig at Ohio State for reporting them for NCAA rules violations by hinting at OSU's past NCAA issues, but then he took a page out of Brady Hoke's playbook and referred to them as Ohio.

City fans could be intrigued to see the former United ace taking such an interest in their game this evening, as it could be taken as a subtle hint he's a real admirer of the exciting - looking project going down at the Etihad Stadium these days.

Even with the second - half fade, and even while taking a few too many sacks and throwing too many interceptions, he threw for nearly 3,000 yards, complete 60 percent of his passes, and hinted at decent scrambling ability (46 percent of his non-sack carries gained at least five yards).

As hinted at in Balotelli's message, he hopes to make his Nice debut on Sunday when his new side take on Marseille in Ligue 1.

Jorginho's agent has hinted at a possible move to the Emirates in January, simply because one of our scouts went to watch Napoli take on Genoa a couple of weeks ago.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is believed to be in Spain, and speculation hints at a possible deal to bring him to the Emirates this summer, but his attempt to lure him may have taken a huge blow.

It was there that TakeOver: The End took place, with a subtitle for that subtitle introduced at the last minute just to further place importance (and a hint of ridiculousness) on the whole affair: it was now «The End of the Beginning,» a sign that NXT truly is at the end of an era in more ways than one.

Take a look at the reaction the news has garnered on Twitter, with a selection of messages hinting that it's not entirely positive for the Red Devils:

The Swans hinted at a revival with a battling 2 - 1 win at Crystal Palace that took them off the bottom of the Premier League, but the next six fixtures look daunting.

The manager while relishing Arsenal's chances at the league title last season talked about the challenges the team faced when they encountered the «big boys» of the league, speaking on how he plans to curb this trend, Wenger hinted on consistency in all front, both when we take on potential title challengers or not.

The Gunners hinted at a new deal after his inclusion in Spain's Euro 2016 squad at the end of last season but no discussions have taken place until now.

We are ready to jump in (or take over) at the first hint of hesitation.

-LSB-...] cover in that post range from ones I've already featured here at Hint Mama (like family jogs and playground workouts) to new ones like taking advantage of trial classes.

But take a couple of months of sleepless nights, a week without a shower, and an inconsolable baby in a Target aisle — and a parent should be nominated for sainthood for not lunging at passers - by who feel the need to dole out helpful hints.

«Beware the woman who takes even a small glass of champagne at a birthday party,» Badinter writes, hinting at the sinister modern framing of motherhood as a constant trade - off between the needs of the child and the selfish desires of the mother.

More than 100,000 people are expected at this event (hint: take the CTA, which runs extra Brown Lines for the festival), which features German bands, dance groups and choirs along with moderately priced food and beverages.

For a hint of the kinds of actions the site will be using to entice new members, take a look at the initial highlighted petitions:

Ukip's first MP adds his party could take as many as 24 seats at general election and hints that Labour MP considering defecting

Irwin Cantor, one of the city planning commissioners, on Wednesday hinted at a possible compromise, one that takes into account the $ 1 billion that Madison Square Garden is now in the process of spending to fix up its interior.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a statement Monday evening reacting to the guilty verdict in the Sheldon Silver corruption case hinted at yet another ethics legislation push, calling on state lawmakers to «take seriously the need for reform.»

Taken at face value it is garbled nonsense, but dig a little deeper and there are hints of something interesting in there.

«I don't think it was necessary to divide the House on a vote that could have led to a vote but he took the decision that it was» the prime minister snapped, but even then without hinting at the rage inside.

Mr Cameron took a strong stance on the letter at today's PMQs, hinting strongly that the prime minister was not being «straight» with people when he said no deals were made to secure the vote.

The Secretary of the caucus, Mr. Tajudeen Yusuf, hinted in Abuja on Wednesday that many members had mulled the idea, saying that it was «not bad at all» but had yet to take a final stance.

A ruling by the commissioner typically could take many months, but the State Education Department has been following closely the uproar that has ensued in Buffalo and has hinted at an expedited decision.

One of the words Brown uses most often in private to describe the Tory leader is «libertarian»: a word that conveys his belief that Cameron's «compassionate conservatism» is mere window - dressing, but also hints at a decadent strain of Tory libertinage, drug - taking and yacht - fondling.

Mr. Sharpton, in introducing Mr. Cuomo, also seemed to hint at the scramble between Mr. Cuomo and Ms. Nixon to win over black voters — and seemed to take a swipe at Ms. Nixon for merely «talking about» being progressive, although he did not mention her by name.

Was Cable hinting at such a course being taken?