Sentences with phrase «ill omen»

Shell, ostensibly has its top notch instruments working overtime and its satellite forecasting away — if it can't even drop its exploratory drill for more than a few hours without having to abandon ship, it bears an ill omen for the operation at large.

They all present a poetic re-working of Greek popular tradition, which develops around three themes: KARAGIOZIS, POSTCARDS of old Athens, the EVIL EYE, a bead charm used to guard against ill omen and bad luck.

A victim of a violent post-apartheid attack narrates from beyond the grave Miranda Sherry's unnerving debut novel Black Dog Summer, named for the «black dog» as an ill omen in local folklore.

Joe ran off a few years later, presumably to one of the combat schools, and so their heartbreak was complete, Auntie Aggie clucking her tongue and saying, «Told you them twins was an ill omen.»

Auntie Aggie said twins were an ill omen, and anyone who knew the Isaac twins would agree.

Given that the initial appropriation was far more than was needed for the first year, the second - year reduction need not be taken as an ill omen for the program's future prospects.

I hope I am overwary; but if I am not, there is still something of ill omen among us.

Not exact matches

We learned that even the tilted cupola of the cathedral's tower in Cap - Haïtien, blown askew by an ill wind, is interpreted by the people as an omen that Duvalier is about to topple.

Soon after this incident Romeo, with Eliza in the passenger seat, runs over a dog in his car; another ill - met omen.

Ben Affleck's appearance on the series premiere of Bill Simmons» ill - fated Any Given Wednesday was maybe a bad omen right off the bat.

However, the Hanging Man appears (as an ill - omen) at the end of a bull run and is a bearish signal.