Sentences with phrase «catching flies with»

At a glance, one might me tempted to draw comparisons to Frog Fractions, what with the stationary frog catching flies with his tongue - thing, but this game is as straight up as that one is twisted.

Being «other - focused» and generous is like catching flies with honey.

Hasn't anyone ever heard the old adage about «catching flies with honey»?

Anyone caught flying with pricks (with the view to getting even with other balloonists who cut them off by popping their balloons) would be shot down by the O.P.P. (Ontario Prick Police).

Not exact matches

Have you ever heard the line «You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar»?

Booker tried to spin the vote with the usual «it didn't go far enough» claptrap we hear from politicians when they're caught doing something sneaky, but it didn't quite fly.

Note to anyone wishing to persuade former adherents to literal or fundamentalist theology to «return to the fold» — you'll catch more flies with honey than vinegar — and if your aim is to catch «em rather than kill «em, you might want to avoid using a flyswatter.

You will catch more flies with honey than vinegar, AmericanAtheists!

I did the same thing with rabies vaccination or injection or whatever when my cat caught a bat, which escaped in the house and ended up flying into my head (it didn't end well for the bat unfortunately as he escaped, and then got caught again — this is veggie catfood for you, creates a super cat!).

Using a large bowl or plate with the grater helps to catch the flying cauliflower.

If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, and you catch more flies with honey, then think of today's Rosh Hashanah recipe as my attempt to find out what a half cup of honey can do for your year.

Milwaukee Shortstop Robin Yount caught the ball on the first - base side of second and swept down with his glove hand at Henderson, who was in the dirt now, crash - landing on his chest with his arms extended and his batting helmet flying off toward leftfield.

I can see us having trouble catching up with Manchester City, who are the only club to get off to a flying start this time around but Jose Mourinho seems to have lost it in this campaign.

Jacoby Ellsbury hit a deep fly ball to center field with the bases loaded in the third inning, but Carrera, who is replacing recently traded Austin Jackson, made the diving catch to save multiple runs from scoring.

We wouldn't be caught dead participating in one of your pathetic 5 - man protests, fighting in the stands like utter imbeciles, spending thousands of dollars trying to sabotage team morale before a game with plane - flown banners or any of the other embarrassing spectacles you create which the sports tabloids thrive on.

After the Instructional League, Bo returned to Auburn, where he worked out with the track team, spent hours hitting and catching fly balls, and fended off calls from new Tampa Bay coach Ray Perkins.

He caught Patric Hornqvist's stick with his own stick and managed to pass it back to him on the fly.

Arsenal fans will be relieved that the team ended a horrid week with some reprieve and finally arrested a bad run of league form, but it may well be too late to catch high - flying Leicester, who sneaked a 1 - 0 win past Crystal Palace.

I think it's the way that frogs can poke out their tongue that makes me laugh as they catch flies around the pond on a summer's day and this DIY Frog Party Blower Craft for Kids from Mommy's Bundle captures that perfectly in a really fun craft and then toy to play with.

When you fly across time zones, it can take time for your internal body clock to catch up with the local time.

Many dads spend hours with their kids playing catch and having them field pop flies and grounders in the back yard.

That old saying about catching more flies with honey than vinegar is completely ignored here.

(«you catch more flies with honey...») Just dumping an airline blanket in my lap made me feel pretty worthless.

A «you catch more flies with honey,» approach to the universe.

Afterall, «you catch more flies with honey» and whatnot.

If it is heavy, a bang on the head could be the result of hands flailing around wildly with a heavy piece of silver in one of them - not to mention someone being hit when caught in the line of fire of a flying rattle.

Another challenge: coming up with relevant content on the fly, so that you can post fast enough to catch the conversation.

Mayor Bloomberg is continuing his «catch more flies with honey» approach to fighting for the Obama administration to restore cuts to NYC's anti-terrorism funding, even as fellow New York elected officials on both sides of the aisle are being sharply — and very publicly — critical of the decision to slash the city's cash.

The catch, of course, is that opposition to the Iraq war DID chime with public opinion, while the income tax proposal did not fly in the face of growing disenchantment.

Randi: Yeah, because you know the old saying: «You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar.»

Discover caught up with Baltimore on his final presidential vacation at his second home near Missoula, Montana, where his plans to fly - fish were interrupted by our questions about the future of AIDS prevention, the usefulness of stem cell research, and what really happened in the most famous fraud scandal prior to this year's South Korean stem cell debacle.

«In the deep sea they have sponges that almost look like fly - eating plants, with long radials that are extremely sticky and catch anything that comes through the water column,» she says.

We went to Barbados and after that, we caught up with a NASA team in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, during its expedition flying through Hurricane Earl in 2010.

The puzzle of just how a fly ball is tracked and caught had been explored before — as long ago as the 1960s — by a professor of aeronautics at the Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory in Buffalo, New York, who had come up with a theory known as the Optical Acceleration Cancellation model, or OAC.

Perhaps it was the deluge of bad press that caught the agency off - guard as it struggled to balance the growing evidence of benefits with a highly variable and virtually unregulated practice that had flown beneath the radar.

«Mosquitoes don't fly very fast, so they can't catch up with you when you're running,» says Day.

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Poke holes with tooth pick to catch flies.

It's so easy to whip up (especially while catching up on my guilty - pleasure shows... the Bravo TV kind), and I love that you can come up with new flavors on the fly, just by swapping / adding ingredients — like using pistachios instead of pecans, sunflower seeds instead of pumpkin seeds, or adding a spoonful of chia seeds or chocolate chips... whatever you're in the mood for, whatever's in your pantry.

You can catch more flies with honey than you can with vinegar.

G finally came home from a long business trip and I was able to spend a lot of time with him catching up and even flying on a private jet that he pilots.

Despite boater hats and umbrellas flying away, getting caught in the rain, an ant attack on our donuts and also (this is completely true), inexplicably, a historical reenactment with international participants happening all around us, we had Read more

After Cape Town we flew to Durban and stayed with Pete's parents for a few days where we also caught up with Jen, Beany and Jubes and we got to meet Jen's little boy who is just the cutest little man ever!

It has always been my dream since I was a youngster to attend NYFW in any way, shape or form, so this season I am excited to not only catch up with my LA blogger pals who are flying in for the festivities but also to network with some of my idols in the industry Anyways... back to the focus of today... reptile prints and crochet shorts... yes... shorts in the fall, why not?My black crochet shorts are from Urban Outfitters, I found similar ones from ChicWish because I bought these babies on clearance probably two years ago and they are no longer available.

I can't believe how time flies, it's been almost 2 weeks since I came back from Miami after vacations and I am still trying to catch up with my regular work.

I flew home to Bergen on December 22nd and had fun days of hanging out with my boyfriend, meeting up with friends for coffees, lunches and dinners to catch up and exchange gifts, and spent Christmas eve and the following days with my family in Stanghelle.

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It is easy to get caught up within the hectic nature of the world, the business arena known for absorbing endless hours, days and even weeks and months of one's life; it is hardly surprising that those well established men of today, flying high within society and achieving in every field of finance, contend with great difficulty when attempting to indulge in relationship of one kind or another.

You've probably heard the expression, «you catch more flies with honey.»

A late - film bit of business featuring Trintignant catching and freeing a pigeon flying loose in the apartment has been criticized for its heavy - handedness, but the problem with this expertly directed scene has more to do with whether such a gesture feels tonally earned after so much horror.