Sentences with phrase «chink at»

Not exact matches

But eventually, you both start noticing little things; it is when «she» has noticed all the chinks in «his» armor, and wonders how he possibly fought off all those dragons to rescue her; and at the same time, «he» is beginning to wonder if those dragons really tried to keep her captive.

Wenger has beside him the opinion of someone who played these tactics brilliantly and am sure he has a few ideas of what he and his teammates felt was best at finding chinks in the armor.

But one slight slip in the defense — East's failure to cash his second high trump at once — left the tiny chink through which Lazard pulled home his contract.

With only two blotches on their league record this season, away to Liverpool in January and at home in the Manchester derby last weekend, it is City's domestic cup scares that are most instructive when assessing the chinks in their armour.

«That result, and the way the Scottish side exposed chinks in City's defensive armour, will have given a fillip to Tottenham, fresh from a crucial Champions League win in Moscow, before England's top two clash at White Hart Lane.»

«Their movement is brilliant at times but there are chinks in the armour, it has been proven this season and is up to us to look at those.

The angst in the South West is as much shock at the Dasukigate chink in Falae's hitherto formidable integrity armour, as it is linking Afenifere (Afenifere of Awo, the immaculate avatar), to free - wheeling sleaze in contemporary Nigeria.

The teen soldier was the alleged victim of racial taunts, including being called «gook,» «chink,» and «dragon lady,» and subjected to daily physical abuse by fellow soldiers, who pelted him with rocks and ordered him to give instructions in Chinese, advocates said at last week's hearing.

► «There is a serious chink in the armor» of the peer - review process at elite medical journals, David Shultz wrote on 22 December.

Coffee, preferably at lunch or in the afternoon, is a tried - and - tested alternative that will embalm pleasantries in the satisfying chink of china and teaspoons.

Harvard Lecturer Speaks at CSU Forum, Says Blatant Racism is Muted The Post and Courier, September 21, 2011 «Americans largely have moved beyond blatant expressions of racism, such as saying to an Asian person, «Chink, go home,» says [Lecturer] Josephine Kim.»

Gates Foundation and other philanthropists should also look at building stronger ties with grassroots activists, a major chink in the armor of the school reform movement (especially among the Beltway crowd).

We thought we'd finally found a chink in its armor when staffers began to gripe that the Mazda 3 wasn't paying off at the pump.

At launch, a major chink in the Fiat Doblo's armour was that ESC stability control didn't make the standard equipment list.

Bar a few chinks in its metaphorical armor, the Chevrolet Bolt is a very impressive overall hatchback that offers one of the least - compromised electric car ownership experiences at this price point.

The Lamb Shank at «Chink in the Wall» was simply superb!

Trying to deal the minimal three hits to a zombie's head when others are closing in or clawing at your back leads to another major chink in Zombi's armor.

Installation view of Valery Jung Estabrook's Hometown Hero (Chink) at SPRING / BREAK (Courtesy SPRING / BREAK Art Show)

Indeed, the points of non-abutment and the chinks in the mortar, so to speak, at the critical places in the paintings where light seeps through from a plane behind the picture plane.

Lawyers are absolutely excellent at pointing out flaws and omissions (it's their job), and will find the chink in the armour.

It may be a small risk, but why should a firm which is taking all the time and trouble to convert to limited liability status leave that chink in its armour open at all?

But for all their conservatism, a look at the fundamentals beneath a lot of life company lending reveals some chinks in the armor.