Sentences with phrase «land in a heap»

But overlooking overtime could land you in a heap of trouble.

Upon being shouldered aside by an opposing center — say, a 340 - pound behemoth clad in purple and gold — he will lurch backward as if propelled by the thrust of a jet engine and either land in a heap at the baseline or somehow, visibly shaken, remain vertical, a stalwart soldier determined not to leave his post no matter how barbarous the assault.

To entreprenurists — if your kickstarter is wildly successful, you could land in a heap of dog poo trying to fill astronomically more orders of your widgets than you planned.

Mann et al certainly seem to suggest that a repetition of the natural forcings that produced the MCA coupled with CO2 induced warming could land us in a heap of trouble.

However, operating an uninsured vehicle can land you in a heap of trouble if you get into an accident.

Just a few months ago, Boston Dynamics» Atlas robot was making a bit of a fool of itself, losing its way on stage in front of an expectant audience before tripping and landing in a heap.

That kind of selfish attitude will land you in a heap of trouble, morally, ethically and legally.

Not exact matches

A year into the project, the weedy field has a compost heap full of organic waste from the kitchen; a growing orchard with biblical fruit trees including a fig and an apple; a Havdalah circle where visitors and residents of the farm gather weekly for a religious ceremony marking the end of Shabbat; and a shmitta area — a part of the land that is allowed to lie fallow for one year out of every seven, as commanded in the Torah.

She landed in the dust of the rocks in a heap, startled and winded.

Both teams not to score at Coral in this one is a price of 21/20 and after what happened to Chelsea on the opening weekend of the season, then Spurs will be highly confident of landing three points in this one and heaping more misery on the Blues.

Mick deserves heaps of praise for all that he has done for this club in bringing to the promised land.

I would be happy to take a three or four goal romp and heap bounteous praise on the manager accordingly; on the ether hand but a scrambled win (like last year's wins over Hull and Burnley) would leave us stuck in that limbo land where we have spent too much of our existence.

And although there is no direct evidence — like cut marks on monkey bones or monkey bones found in trash heaps — of humans hunting the monkeys for food, Cooke says that in addition to hunting, the clearing of land for farming and the introduction of invasive species can all put a deadly strain on native island populations, which are adapted to a very specific environment and have nowhere else to go.

Currently teetering as a will - it - or - won't - it Best Picture hopeful, Moonrise Kingdom has performed surprisingly well in the precursors, landing a Golden Globe nod for Best Picture — Comedy, getting shortlisted by the AFI, and clinching a heap of Indie Spirit nominations.

It seems his own vivid imagination, added with a desire to entertain others, has landed Glass in a heap of trouble when it is discovered that his latest scoop, an expose on hackers, has some major facts that can't be corroborated.

For, this was a time when a rumors of witchcraft could land a young woman in a heap of trouble.

Ford's Ranger XLT landed on top of the heap in a recent Consumer Reports analysis of four compact pickup trucks.

A short documentary about David Welsford, who has given up the luxuries of land in search for happiness and adventure on a 50 year old wooden boat he restored from a scrap heap.

Over the past four years, however, that splash has turned into a considerable wave of anticipation for the next installment in the adventures of an AI - controlled robot suit that crash - lands on a scrap - heap planet.

So once the engine light went on, we knew it was only a matter of time before it landed in a scrap heap.

Since you have just landed your first job, you wouldn't be in the position to shell out heaps of money in any medical eventuality and a health insurance plan is the only solution.

While I was there, heaps of stars shared happy snaps on Instagram of how Easter Sunday panned out in La - La Land.