Sentences with phrase «got stingier»

But when Holland got stingier with the 1st round picks and kept them we still failed to end up with any elite players or even players I'd characterize as very good.

Greece, for example, is continuing along a particularly unsustainable path — and external creditors are getting stingier.

«Remember: A stingy planter gets a stingy crop; a lavish planter gets a lavish crop.»

Sleep can mitigate a huge amount of the damage you inflict, so don't get stingy and cut corners here.

The Academy is stingy with seconds, and they're getting stingier.

But when Mumsy suddenly starts getting stingy, Diane decides to arrange a tragic car «accident» for the stuffy Mrs. Moneybags.

If you're already north of $ 70,000 with the Premier trim and RST special packages, there's no sense getting all stingy with the rest of the options.

This was the third foster home I was going to and I'm used to packing up and leaving, but it still surprises me that there are always a few seconds, right after they tell you you've got to go, when my nose gets all runny and my throat all choky and eyes get all stingy.

But lately, banks have started to get stingy.

South Korea's retirement system is stingy and getting stingier.

That's too bad, since the property looks really nice, but I don't support excluding properties from quarterly promotions, which have gotten stingier as it is.

In my experience, Citi is getting stingy with waiving those fees.

Membership Rewards is getting stingier with their transfer bonus promotions.

While never say never, and there may still be some targeted 100K bonus offers, particularly for first time AMEX cardholders who are in AMEX's target demographic yet have never had an AMEX card, in general AMEX's bonus offers have been getting stingier, and harder to get as a current AMEX cardholder.

I can't say I'm that surprised, since Chase already seeks to enforce a once in a lifetime signup bonus rule for its credit cards, and AMEX has been getting stingier with signup bonuses.

Air travel is no longer as fun as it once was and as the airlines have gotten stingier and stingier, travelers have had to find ways to be comfortable while traveling and still get everything through security.

«Remember; a stingy planter gets a stingy crop; a lavish planter gets a lavish crop....

Not exact matches

Munger and Buffett now say they were stingy in their initial offer, but Munger's friend Ira Marshall convinced him it was an unusual company, worth spending more to get.

Instead we usually get characterized as stingy hypocrites.

Toxic board, stingy transfer kitty, not going to get CL football anytime soon.

A few key contributors really struggled on the offensive side of the ball as their leading scorer and the leagues second leading scorer, Sterling Williams, was only able to muster 12 points against a very stingy Team Harlander D. Michael Halusek was able to put up 17 points while Chris Hicks chipped in with 10, unfortunately that just wasn't enough to get them past a very determined Team Harlander.

All - Star and the squads leading scorer Jermaine Johnson unfortunately got locked down by a very stingy Team Maione defense on Sunday night and Team Schwartz dropped their opening round game to # 9 Team Maione, 72 - 52.

A Madrid sold costa and bought mandzukic, BVB sold lewandoski and got highest goal scorer in italian league; but we are so stingy as a club that we travelled to germany without complete shin guards

He has also been very stingy in defense and doesn't believe in DM He is attacking minded and never spends big on DMs He inherited Viera and never replaced him or spent big to get a DM We are lucky to have coquelin Last summer I was bigging for Kondogbia, Schneidelin, Krychowiak, Carvahlo Xhaka isn't a dedicated DM but hopefully his defensive skills will make up for that

TBH I am hard pressed to hear of Arsenal being stingy in the transfer market to this degree prior to Gazidis arrival, yes we always liked a bargain but we payed (when we could) to get player in.

We need to spend, we should bid higher to get the players we need.Wenger is damn stingy, he thinks the club belongs to him, who knows he might be pocketing some of thses supposed transfer money.

Fact: We were stingy and didn't get an outfield player with quality.

I don't believe the Board is as stingy as we are led to believe Wenger either doesn't spend much or doesn't spend wisely If Wenger wants to get a player, the board won't turn him down

The splits represent an accretion of problems for the opponent: field position getting progressively worse, tiny mistakes getting magnified by stingy defense and opportunistic offense, the Seahawks settling for field goals to mount a 12 - 3 lead while you desperately need to convert 3rd - and - 17 for a catch - up touchdown.

That seems pretty stingy to NCFC but I'd give my MOTM to goalie Angelo Cavalluzzo, who saved TFC a point with an injury time stop on late sub Bernard Luxbacher who broke in from the left and got away a shot from 10 yards that Cavalluzzo, guarding the near post, got an arm to and deflected it wide right.

He's going to get few chances against a stingy City defense that should see new signing Mangala start next to defensive stalwart Vincent Kompany, which is why he'll need to be more accurate than the 38.6 % accuracy he's been clocking so far.

How they've earned that has been a little different from the sides around them, though, as they have been one of the stingiest outfits in the league while scoring just enough to get their share of results — they have the sixth best goals against record, letting in only one per game on average so far, and are the only side below Tottenham to have conceded less than 15 times.

Their numbers are quite accomplished on defense permitting 3.7 yards per rush versus teams normally getting 4.4, 6.8 yards per pass to 7.3 and a stingy 5.1 yards per pass against teams that usually get 5.8.

I, for example, often get made fun of for being Jewish and thus, apparently, big nosed and stingy.

Just don't get too stingy when it comes to the price.

I got 12 muffins out of the recipe by being a pretty stingy in each muffin tin.

I always wanted to be a auto mechanic, so went to a trade school and graduated.I loved it working on cars so I became a back yard mechanic.But now im already tired of working on cars due to the injuries and the stingy clients not all clients are like that, but most are.Some clients come to be to get they're car fixed and when it's done they tell they only have half of the money cause the had to pay they're rent.And also the low baller's always trying to screw you by saying that another mechanic charges cheaper, I don't understand that part, Why do the keep coming back if someone else charges cheaper.Oh and don't mention the friends that just because they're friend they expect a huge discount.Take my advice, If you want to be a mechanic, Do it to fix your own cars.Dont doit to make a career out of it cause you'll have alot of stress.

Ideal for reading aloud, this sparkling, original story about Silly Bear, who unwittingly gets the best of a stingy fox, has the feel of a traditional folktale.

It's funny that we get so much credit from all other banks, but HSBC is really stingy, this is the absolute lowest CC limit either my husband or I have ever had.

In my opinion this is stingy — who cares what someone else makes money off me as long as I get mine?

Infographic: Issuers stingier with credit post-CARD Act — Since the CARD Act went into effect in early 2010, you need a higher credit score to get more measly credit limits, according to the American Bankers Association... (See Credit after CARD Act)

And last, but not least, it's always nice to be sure that you're getting the best bang for your buck, but also not being stingy at the same time.

I love my shitzu yorkie he is really smart and loveable but when playing fetch he wants me to throw his toy but will not bring it all the way back i have to get up take couple of steps to get it then hes ready to go again really stingy with it took it right out of my granddaughters hand lol

There's no getting away from it, American Airlines is incredibly stingy with its premium cabin award inventory and the lack of award space on American Airlines has been a regular grip with frequent flyers for years.

Over the past few years American Airlines has been getting more and more stingy with the award seats it releases.

While that betrays Spirit's stingy, budget - obsessed business model, I suspect it's really designed to be an incentive for Free Spirit members to get the credit card.

You only get one piece of toast / pastry??? Talk about stingy.

Just note that over the past several months, American Express has gotten stricter and stingier where bonuses are concerned.

The more you play, the more stingy it gets with the in - game currency, which is also needed to purchase guitar upgrades, skins and hero powers.

As for the new console, considering that one of the few details Nintendo gave was that it would be playable at E3, it would be remiss of them to be stingy with what they show and what people can get their hands on.