Sentences with phrase «fig leaf of»

Government secrecy is the fig leaf of tyrants.

The Third Wave is not exactly the fig leaf of the legal profession, but the Third Wave does not promote class - based exhibitionism either.

The fig leaf of chaos can not hide the ubiquitous discontinuities of model temperatures at the surface - atmosphere interface or global accumulations of energy (positive Lyapunov exponents) under steady - state inputs and invariant response characteristics.

The IPCC got their rebuttal of McIntyre and the journal got a fig leaf of respectability to cover up its duplicity.

The pollies got what they wanted from the scientists — a fig leaf of a reason to oppress their population yet further with taxation and control — and have ignored the science ever since.

What I read instead is a grasping of straws in order to provide a fig leaf of credibility when not paying attention to what's robust.

But then, you wouldn't have that fig leaf of «research» to hold over your misogynistic message.

«The fig leaf of «parental choice», «school autonomy» and «raising standards» has finally been dropped and the government's real agenda has been laid bare — all schools removed from collaborative structures within a local authority family of schools, all schools instead run by remote academy trusts, unaccountable to parents, staff or local communities.»

But it would examine each case based on its own facts, rather than using the fig leaf of «civil rights» as an excuse for Washington to micromanage America's 100,000 public schools.

If DC hadn't offered / bounced the bare minimum fig leaf of electoral reform out of his MPs, that would have counted for nothing.

This contradicts DiEM25's proposal to embark on a Constitutional Assembly process rather than creating a fig leaf of parliamentarianism by which to cover up the lack of democratic legitimacy.

The blah - blah on «elegant solutions» is just an effort to cover cruel revenge with a fig leaf of rationale.

This fig leaf of humanitarian concern for debtors enables the government to provide public credit that ends up in the hands of the super-rich who own and manage the financial and property sector.

Not exact matches

In an interview about the trade sanctions that President Trump is throwing at China and at Corporate America - whose supply chains go through China in search of cheap labor and other cost savings - Ambassador Cui Tiankai defended the perennial innocence of China, as is to be expected, and trotted out the standard Chinese fig leafs and state - scripted rhetoric that confirmed in essence that Trump's decision is on the right track.

Those provisions, she said, outweighed the «tiny fig leaf» of additional money the bill provides for biomedical research and combating abuse of addictive opioid drugs.

Still, it was an unexpected fig leaf from a man who last year traded barbs with Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney over his calls for better bank regulation in order to avoid a repeat of the financial crisis.

By all indications, the Conservative party is about to once again go on a federal campaign with little more than a fig leaf in lieu of a serious climate change mitigation strategy.

Like the cursed fig tree withered from leaf to root in Mark's passion narrative, the infertility that plagues Atwood's dystopia is a prophetic sign of the withering of a whole culture.

Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.

Here is the way I see it.The first thing God did for mankind, after they sinned but before He ejected them from Paradise, was to get rid of their fig leaf underwear and make them some new clothing.

Fig leaves were insufficient to bring him out of hiding, but the blood did the trick.

1 Corinthians 11:14 (Men should not have long hair) 1 Corinthians 14:34 - 35 (Women should remain silent in church) Deuteronomy 13:6 - 16 (Death penalty for Apostasy) Deuteronomy 20:10 - 14 (Attack city, kill all men, keep women, children as spoils of war) Deuteronomy 21:18 - 21 (Death penalty for a rebellious son) Deuteronomy 22:19 - 25 (Kill non - virgin / kill adulterers / rapists) Ecclesiastes 1:18 (Knowledge is bad) Exodus 21:1 - 7 (Rules for buying slaves) Exodus 35:2 (Death for working on the Sabbath) Ezekiel 9:5 - 6 (Murder women / children) Genesis 1:3,4,5,11,12,16 (God creates light, night and day, plants grow, before creating sun) Genesis 3:16 (Man shall rule over woman) Jeremiah 19:9 (Cannibalism) John 3:18 (He who believes in Jesus is saved, he that doesn't is condemned) John 5:46 - 47 (Jesus references Old Testament) Leviticus 3:1 - 17 (Procedure for animal sacrifice) Leviticus 19:19 (No mixed fabrics in clothing) Leviticus 19:27 (Don't trim hair or beard) Leviticus 19:28 (No tattoos) Leviticus 20:9 (Death for cursing father or mother) Leviticus 20:10 (Death for adultery) Leviticus 20:13 (Death for gay men) Leviticus 21:17 - 23 (Ugly people, lame, dwarfs, not welcome on altar) Leviticus 25:45 (Strangers can be bought as slaves) Luke 12:33 (Sell your possessions, and give to the poor) Luke 14:26 (You must hate your family and yourself to follow Jesus) Mark 10:11 - 12 (Leaving your spouse for another is adultery) Mark 10:21 - 22 (Sell your possessions and give to the poor) Mark 10:24 - 25 (Next to impossible for rich to get into heaven) Mark 16:15 - 16 (Those who hear the gospel and don't believe go to hell) Matthew 5:17 - 19 (Jesus says he has come to enforce the laws of the Old Testament) Matthew 6:5 - 6 (Pray in secret) Matthew 6:18 (Fast for Lent in secret) Matthew 9:12 (The healthy don't need a doctor, the sick do) Matthew 10:34 - 37 (Jesus comes with sword, turns families against each other, those that love family more than him are not worthy) Matthew 12:30 (If you're not with Jesus, you're against him) Matthew 15:4 (Death for not honouring your father and mother) Matthew 22:29 (Jesus references Old Testament) Matthew 24:37 (Jesus references Old Testament) Numbers 14:18 (Following generations blamed for the sins of previous ones) Psalms 137:9 (Violence against children) Revelation 6:13 (The stars fell to earth like figs) Revelation 21:8 (Unbelievers, among others, go to hell) 1 Timothy 2:11 - 12 (Women subordinate and must remain silent) 1 Timothy 5:8 (If you don't provide for your family, you are an infidel)

At first, as children before puberty, they were not ashamed — until the reality of their condition became manifest and they were ashamed and naked — even attempting to cover up with fig leaves.

Our Lord declared in Matthew 24:32 - 35: «Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

A fig leaf is a leaf of the fig tree.

Adam and Eve covered up with fig leaves at some point (the fig tree being one of the original species God created).

Doc, 32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: 33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

We see a raising of his head in expectation, his hand pointing to the leaves bursting from a nearby fig tree.

Read Gen. 3:21 and find why Yahweh made coats of skin when they were already covered with fig leaves.

(6) 3:7 --»... empiricists who refuse to admit experience naked and unashamed, devoid of their a priori fig - leaf» (PR 221).

The problem, of course, is that such folly clothes us no better than the fig leaves used in Eden.

«And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.»

In the beginning the naked body witnessed to love, to purity and to the sheer goodness of creation and God's plan for humanity so the appearance of the fig leaf marks a great disaster.

superiority stemming from the need to orient oneself and to change the fig leaves that are never enough to cover our universal sense of shame is what is divisive.

7Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings.

Deregulation is the fig leaf that covers clandestine regulation (in contradiction therefore to the fundamental rule of democracy that demands transparency) by the dominant capital of oligopolies.

Sometimes paintings and statues had the genitals of their subjects covered by a representation of an actual fig leaf or similar object, either as part of the work or added afterwards for perceived modesty.

We need to have these people read the scriptures... reference Mathew chapter 24 «and when the fig tree gives leaf (a synbol of Israel becoming a nation, 1948), that generation will not pass away till Jesus's return».

I left with a bag full of fresh figs and Brandon left sweaty and sore.

Place a basil leaf on the cut side of each fig half, then wrap with a piece of pancetta and secure with a toothpick.

One of the sellers at the farmers market over the weekend had hardly any figs left and they were a bit passed their best, so he gave me a load for free.

Quarter the figs, slice the mozzarella and make a nice arrangement, add leaves of fresh basil, sprinkle some olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper over the dish.

Ingredients Extra virgin olive oil, for cooking2 red onions, roughly chopped2 teaspoons chopped lemon thyme2 teaspoons chopped rosemary4 large ripe figs, halved4 large Barossa or other corn - fed chicken marylands (thigh and drumstick joints), thighs and drumsticks separatedSea salt1 cinnamon stick 1/2 cup (125 ml) Golden Chicken Stock (page 132 of book) 1/2 cup (125 ml) verjuice (page 141 of book) 2 tablespoons sherry vinegar (page 141 of book) Zest of 1 lemon, removed in thin strips with a vegetable peeler, leaving the bitter pith2 tablespoons honeyChopped flat - leaf parsley (optional) Grilled Semolina (optional - page 139 of book), to serve Method.

I couldn't fit all of the roasted almond butter into the tupperware I'd planned to use, so I left it in the vitamix and added a few of the dates and figs you sent back with me, unsweetened cocoa powder, oats, unsweetened coconut shreds, vanilla and walnuts.

If you're interested in making the fig, goat, cheese and rosemary scones, the recipes is the same, only you leave out the sugar, add 1 cup of crumbled goat cheese, substitute chopped fresh or dried figs for the blueberries, omit the lemon zest, and add 1 tablespoon minced fresh rosemary.

I love the look of fiddle leaf figs, monstera deliciosas, snake plants, and rubber plants — all of which you'll find in my living room (pictured above).

However you do Autumn — whether you're slipping into your flip flops like me, or tugging on your cozy Hunter rain boots, there's no better way to return to the table than with this hearty salad of tender - crisp grilled asparagus, sweet Vidalias kissed with a bit of char, ripe succulent figs, toasty hazelnuts, an earthy flutter of fresh thyme leaves, and a drizzle of rich, aged balsamic.

Well, that is to say, we can only reach so high into our two huge fig trees and leave the rest for our feathered friends — it's like a feeding frenzy when the trees are «abuzz» or chirping with the many flocks OH, and let's not forget the thousands of bees.

It was a mere fig leaf to cover the subordination of the territory to Kyiv.

It remains to be seen if Judge Charles Ramos's decision to grab a bite of Grasso's Cheddar will actually rustle any fig leafs on the engorged schlong of corporate capitalism, but it offers more shining validation for one tin - star - wearing maverick we all know and love.