Sentences with phrase «iron in the fire»

I tend to keep a lot of irons in the fire at one time, or fingers in pies, or whatever hot or delicious idiom you prefer.

I love the fun of mystery dish, but I have too many irons in the fire right now and have to let some things go.

The Nets have any number of other irons in the fire, including reported talks involving Joe Johnson, Luis Scola and O.J. Mayo.

Tesla has a lot of irons in the fire at the same time.

On Saturday, the Surfrider Foundation's Board of Directors and Staff gathered at Irons in the Fire in San Clemente to honor select individuals and companies for their outstanding volunteer efforts and support during the prior year to help the organization fulfill its mission of protecting our oceans, waves and beaches.

The basic idea is to keep as many irons in the fire as you can, so that if the job falls through, you have other possibilities to fall back on Whatever you do, don't take anything for granted.

I've got so many irons in the fire right now.

I know I have many irons in the fire with my blog, work, 3 teens, helping my husband with his non-profit.

They know the cost of being a single - project - at - a-time company and being subject to the whims and economic times of a publisher and not just themselves., which is why they chose to have multiple irons in the fire and why they need indie funding for at least a few of them (who's to say a mixed funding of both publishers, risk capitalists and indie funding methods isn't the most balanced way to go?)

When my son arrived, I had three entrepreneurial irons in the fire: A budding speaking career from my book tours; an upcoming release of my first app, So Quotable; and my already - established writing work that put food on the table.

While Maxey might be off the table for the Golden Eagles, Wojo has irons in the fire elsewhere in the Dallas area, as he'll be in Rockwall to visit Samuell Williamson on Monday.

We've now got enough irons in the fire and hopefully ways to bypass many of these objections.

It's a serious and stylishly watchable drama, thanks mostly to Dhavernas's capable performance of a morally ambiguous person with too many dangerous irons in the fire, and Ryan's portrayal of a hurt - and - handsome lawman struggling to do his job, even though he's in love with his suspect.

As well as a handshake deal with Oscar - nominated Dee Rees to make a lesbian horror movie, other irons in the fire include urban vampire tale Family Blood, a new project from Saw and Insidious writer Leigh Whannell, and a sequel to Halloween.

Women carrying water from the river, men working iron in the fires, boys returning triumphant from the forest with snared porcupines.

I have a few irons in the fire and hope to get a couple of smaller works self - published before Christmas.

On a separate note, Canadian comic book artist Cameron Stewart, who has a background at DC, Marvel and Dark Horse Comics, has hinted on his blog that he has «a couple of secret irons in the fire, including an upcoming new comic series based on an immensely popular property,» which he will be working on together with also comic book artist Karl Kerschl, who has a background at DC Comics as well.

Back in August, the developer was also hiring for an «open - world RPG,» so that makes three potential irons in the fire, all yet to be formally announced.

Rhee, Vallas and the rest of the national «reformers» have plenty of other irons in the fire and places to go where they can make money.

Downside appears limited due to having several irons in the fire, low cash burn as a result of its prescription drug commercial services segment offsetting clinical costs and quite a few pivotal readouts lined up over the next couple years.

More irons in the fire, options open.

This season threw all kinds of irons in the fire as Bill, along with his three wives and now nine children, attempt to stay anonymous in spite of pressures from his drama - inducing outer family.

Your «ten items» list reminds me of a similar idea / goal I've had, which is having multiple irons in the fire.

On Saturday, the Surfrider Foundation's Board of Directors and Staff gathered at Irons in the Fire in San Clemente to honor the 2010 Wavemakers.

For the remainder of the decade, Stankiewicz's work was increasingly well received, and he participated in numerous group and solo shows, including Young America 1957 at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Irons in the Fire at the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston (1957), the Venice Biennale (1958), and a one - man exhibition at the Stable Gallery in 1959.

They have too many things going on, too many irons in the fire, or too many commitments.

It has plenty of irons in the fire, pays a hefty dividend, and trades at reasonable valuations.

It sounds like an exciting move for Arsenal but would that be the only new striker we signed or has Wenger got other irons in the fire?

Repeat it with me... we've already discussed several options, most recently Arsenal's Jack Wilshere, but I'm here to throw another iron in the fire, Empoli's erstwhile whiz kid Riccardo Saponara.

Many doubt her ability to be a good parent and are quick to criticize her because she has so many irons in the fire.

Luckily, Aaron Dare had other irons in the fire to keep his mind off being put on the naughty spot.

As one High - Fiver put it, «We got a lot of irons in the fire.»

We've been assured that the Democratic field is still very changeable and that the party has a number of irons in the fire.

But at any given moment, most of us have more than one iron in the fire.

«MVA is clearly marching along towards licensure,» says NIAID Director Anthony Fauci, «but it never hurts to have a couple of irons in the fire.»

You always seem to have a million irons in the fire.

«It's anyone's guess exactly which plotline this episode's title, «Iron in the Fire,» was meant in reference to - so packed was this hour of Homeland with double - crossing, nail - biting, jaw - dropping, and occasionally faith - in - humanity - ruining intrigue.»

A terrorist supposedly assassinated in an airstrike turns out to be alive — and likely plotting an attack on Americans — in Episode 404 («Iron in the Fire») of Showtime's espionage thriller «Homeland.»

I've already got some irons in the fire — for the time being, however, my involvement with comics will likely involve work for others, like the Engadget Comics I've been curating for my day job and the Art Spiegelman interview for Publisher's Weekly — there are a few others as well that I'm not quite ready to yank the curtain from.

Now before people worry too much about Samsung as a whole, don't forget that they have a lot of other irons in the fire.

Being a hybrid author, straddling traditional and indie publishing, gives me more options and many «irons in the fire.»

Not just with social media and the self publishing, but there's so many ways to have all these irons in the fire.

Beyond the worlds of intergalactic bounty hunters and their lying cats, Vaughan has plenty of other irons in the fire, both in and out of comics.

American International Group (AIG) stock is still tough to justify owning, as the company has too many irons in the fire.

One of the more common risks of being the person responsible for having Thanksgiving or holiday dinners is that you've got so many things on the stove and so many irons in the fire that it's easy to get distracted.