Sentences with phrase «dig such a hole»

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Lower - than - expected revenues have dug a $ 4 - billion hole in Alberta's finances and inflated Newfoundland's deficit to over $ 700 million (almost triple what was initially projected), adding resource - rich provinces, along with long - time offenders such as Ontario and Quebec, to the list of fiscally challenged jurisdictions.

The church is in California, and he said that their construction site had such a poor foundation, that they spent many months and tens of thousands of dollars just digging a hole and packing down earth in order to make a good foundation.

Research into such solutions appears to be warranted given the massive hole we are presently digging ourselves into as far as stabilizing atmospheric greenhouse gas levels.

I see lots of super «fit» endurance athletes who simply can't psychologically pull back and its sad to see them dig into such a deep hole, often unable to ask for help.

Once a compelling and exciting director who merged twisty plotting and interesting characters with really dynamic and effective work behind the camera, the filmmaker had drunk his Kool - Aid to such an extent that he became a self - parody and it looked like there was no way he could crawl back out of the hole that he had dug himself.

(In a few cases, such as Arizona, there were major problems in the past but the sector is working on digging itself out of a hole.)

Mac Barnett is an award - winning author of children's books, both picture books like Extra Yarn and Sam & Dave Dig a Hole (both Caldecott Honor winners, 2012 and 2014, and illustrated by Jon), as well as chapter books such as the Brixton Brothers series.

It is very important to balance the fun and youth and joy of being in college and finding yourself, without digging yourself into such a hole that you can never get out!

By giving her the exercise she needs, you will avoid undesired behaviors such as slipper - chewing, hole - digging or nuisance barking.

Fill all holes your dog may have dug under a fence, and put barriers — such as lengths of chicken wire — a few inches under the soil as a deterrent; most dogs don't like the way it feels on their paws.

This can exhibit itself as inappropriate hyperactivity such as chewing objects, digging holes or excessive barking.

Dogs will also dig holes in the backyard to bury their treasures such as bones or toys.

You might see such a dog dig holes as if it is looking for a rodent; hunt birds or bugs or toys in your yard; wrestle endlessly with you and / or other animals; get into your things around the home, such as pulling plants apart, beating up pillows, chewing up carpets for fun, destroying pool equipment, or grabbing a shoe and running all over the house with it.

For example, for dogs that are digging in the yard, you'll hear ideas such as burying feces in the holes, or filling them with large rocks, or that the dog is «hunting» for rodents (in places of the yard where there aren't even rodent holes or tunnels) so you need to put out traps, and so forth.

The Boston Time Trade Circle is one such organization, which has grown from a mere 25 members to well over 800 offering services ranging from Spanish lessons through papier - mâché making to decluttering or digging holes in the ground.

Because as it often happens, those clients who try to economize by foregoing legal help in cases where it's necessary (such as drafting a complex trust or a contract or defending oneself in a criminal matter) later find that their self - help efforts land them in an even deeper hole, and they need to pay a lawyer far more than they would have originally to dig themselves out.