Sentences with phrase «kibosh on»

The youngest and I were hoping to finally watch Pitch Perfect last night, but the eldest put the kibosh on it because it's «not suitable.»

Then I saw Babel, which put the kibosh on that.

But Wonderwall put the kibosh on it: «We contacted Duchovny's rep, who assures Wonderwall that the romance rumors aren't true, but adds that the once (and hopefully future) co-stars are still good friends.»

On the investment home side, rising prices have helped to put the kibosh on enthusiasm for this sector.

A recent survey confirms the kibosh on risk - taking.

A report from Business Korea last week suggested a 2014 patent agreement between Google and Samsung could put the kibosh on Samsung putting a competing service on an Android - based phone.

Samsung since but the kibosh on that in an OTA update, restricting that app to the Bixby function that many didn't want.

The Pro 2 SE's active noise cancelling (ANC) technology can put a serious kibosh on an otherwise noisy situation.

Then Samsung decided to put the kibosh on S8 users» fun, issuing a software update that blocked the remapping of the Bixby button.

Users can block or change the behavior of each channel individually, rather than putting the kibosh on a certain app's notifications altogether.

Microsoft and Google may have put the kibosh on Intel's planned «Dual OS» PCs — devices with both Windows and Android on them — but that doesn't mean you have to give up your dream of Android and Windows on the same machine.

And MailChimp, a purveyor of email newsletters, put the kibosh on dispatches that self - interestedly hawk virtual moneys.

South Korea put the kibosh on ICOs, too, and has threatened to levy major taxes on exchanges.

Craigslist has put the kibosh on one of its most iconic sections this week, following the passage of the Senate's Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act.

But, while this default rule would seem to put the kibosh on your plan, in fact, the exceptions to it, largely swallow the general rule of Federal Rule of Evidence 1002.

Putting the kibosh on the coffee and donuts, and on the incidental sale of candy, was just collateral damage.

At the same time, I don't see how Yoo acted any differently than either (1) the way that we train lawyers to think in law school (i.e., to cleverly create arguments like «torture is self - defense») or (2) the way that some of us want lawyers to conduct themselves — as hired guns, rather than naysayers who are too willing to put the kibosh on new ideas.

Nor should it put the kibosh on the writing and selling of monographs that are shorter than book - length, or, I'd say, the editing of some chapters of some books into such monographs.

The good old Library of Congress has a bit on sneezes, putting the kibosh on the idea that your heart stops when you sneeze, or that if you sneeze with your eyes open they'll pop out.

North Carolina quickly put the kibosh on plans for advertising legal services on Groupon, stating in a proposed ethics opinion that the site's fee «is a percentage of the amount actually paid to the lawyer and appears to constitute revenue sharing with a nonlawyer.»

Wasn't it the purpose of his post to put the old kibosh on any claim that there has been recent cooling?

Obama reverses Bush change to Endangered Species Act Our 44th president put the kibosh on a Bush administration proposal to eliminate the input of independent government scientists on federal projects that could potentially damage threatened or endangered species.

That's a rather grandiose position statement that seeks to put the kibosh on any progress in sustainable energy use.

The relative recovery of the Arctic sea ice last September has pretty much put the kibosh on forecasts of an imminent «spiral of death» for the Arctic sea ice.

Mind you as I recall in 1905, our All Blacks were a little bit put off by those damn Welsh singers singing that there «Dear Land of My Fathers» thing; kind of put the kibosh on the Maori Haka; and sort of wrecked the Kiwi composure; so maybe on the day; those Welsh chaps really played the better game, and maybe deserved the win; but old Charlie really did score that try; I even remember watching the TV reruns of the game.

But a municipality on the country's Mediterranean coast has put the kibosh on such festivities, saying they can fatally frighten endangered sea turtles.This week, the Kızılot municipality in Antalya's Manavgat district announced that it would ban fireworks during the summer season, when loggerhead sea turtles are breeding along the area's seven - kilometer beach, the Anatolia News Agency reported.

This puts the kibosh on 2XCO2 = 3 degrees C. temperature rise.

Time to find Lizard Man and put the kibosh on Lord Drokmar.

Too bad the NBA put a kibosh on the plans.

The new policy puts the kibosh on folks trying to rack up multiple Southwest sign - up bonuses on consumer cards in a short period of time.

Torrential rain put the kibosh on us yesterday, we did not want the camera crew taking all their big expensive gear to Maya Air in the rain, plus we were pretty sure the airline had enough on it's plate with soggy people and minor weather related flight delays.

Many travelers had planned to credit flights to Alaska in hope of earning more miles, but Alaska has put the kibosh on that.

Ordinarily, I'd steer clear of any workshop that promised a role - playing activity, but I'd pay good money to see TWS Executive Director / CEO Michael Hutchins (who, just last week, put the kibosh on comments by non-members, complaining that «the TWS blog site has been recently targeted by feral cat and horse activists») play the role of colony caregiver.

That's because if they find out that you're out of a job, they might lower your credit limit or put the kibosh on future purchases.

Budget 2013 proposes to put a kibosh on what it calls «character conversion transactions» such as the ones employed by Advantaged ETFs.

The emissions scandal dogging Volkswagen and Audi has put the kibosh on the sale of diesel versions, but our experts say that shouldn't put you off checking out the other gasoline and hybrid versions of Audi's sleek and elegant Q5.

What really put the kibosh on it was the 1999 bubble and the lost decade for stocks.

The stock market crash of 1929 and resulting Great Depression put the kibosh on the mutual fund industry.

Put the kibosh on new purchases at least until after you get approved for a mortgage.

Yesterday, Barnes & Noble put the final kibosh on the future of the NOOK by giving customers a week to salvage their purchase content.

But Apple put the kibosh on their plan, saying it would confuse users.

Amazon really wanted to put its e-readers and tablets on sale around the same time, but various regulatory bodies put the kibosh on it.

Barnes & Noble's denial that it was participating in today's event seemed to put the kibosh on the idea.

They talk about Nook Press expanding to the UK, Microsoft putting the kibosh on Nook Windows 8 Development, indie authors making the bestseller list in record numbers, the new Divergent movie and tons more!

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As cut - and - paste is a feature on many iPad apps, I assume that book publishers have arbitrarily put the kibosh on ebook clipping — even when the clipped text is as short as the less - than - full - page sections a reader is limited to with highlighting and notations.

HarperCollins wants to put the axe to file sharing, websites, torrent sites and seemingly legitimate sales channels to put the kibosh on the authors works.

Have the big 5 publishing companies like Hachette, Simon and Schuster or Penguin put the kibosh on the Kindle format?

The company has put the kibosh on this model in the past, as it is a few years old with severely outdated firmware.

What REALLY put the kibosh on the idea was the Fire 7 on sale (for all of $ 50 USD).