Sentences with phrase «let yourself off the hook on»

I would absolutely let yourself off the hook on this one.

And, if a big, showy party isn't about you or baby at all and is more about impressing your guests or getting the best photos for Facebook, please let yourself off the hook on this one.

Thank you, Shelbee, for the great compliments and for letting me off the hook on the frumpiness.

OK, I'll let you off the hook on that one, BUT, you must have a well made blazer featuring a great fitted cut.

I got a bit tense during the blow - dry at the end, as I'd parked in a two - hour zone and didn't fancy an additional $ 80 parking fine on top of a prohibitive hairdressing bill, so I let him off the hook on giving me the full treatment («no, no, damp is totally fine, really.

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Of course, this doesn't let you off the hook, because if one of your workers takes a government subsidy to buy insurance on an exchange, you could face a tax penalty of $ 3,000.

But, he went on, «I think impeaching and removing Donald Trump from office would let the American people off the hook and have something happen indirectly that I believe they're duty bound to do directly.»

But that doesn't mean he be let off the hook for humanizing a well - documented xenophobic, racist, and misogynistic serial liar, which is exactly what he did on Thursday.»

The sentiment seemed widespread on tech and media Twitter: there was a lack of specificity in terms of questions about privacy (this allowed Zuckerberg to turn nearly every question about the ownership of data to a discussion about user interface controls that limit where data is shown to other Facebook users), plenty of dodged questions (every time there was a question about the data Facebook generates about users beyond what they themselves enter into the system Zuckerberg needed to «check with his team»), and bad questions that presumed Facebook sells data, letting Zuckerberg run out the clock at least three times by explaining the basics of Facebook's business model (this is precisely why I have been so outspoken about the problem of perpetrating this falsehood: it lets Facebook off the hook).

The corporate tax hike was part of her strategy to demonstrate that the WR were just PCs in wolves» clothing, equally intent on letting the corporate sector off the hook.

He did... about cheating on his wife... she never let him off the hook... he committed suicide convinced by her, he was bound for hell.

So while I don't want to let mainline Protestantism off the statistical hook (you can't — it's just math), I don't know Bart and I've not seen his comments on his journey, therefore I should not make definitive conclusions about his journey.

The unhappy aspect about the present ordained breast - beating is that this point is used, surreptitiously, as if it let ordained ministers off the hook about «supervising» what is going on in the impact of the church upon the world.

When Cardinal Pell interjected that the problem for Dawkins is that he only accepts sense experience as proof, the presenter let Dawkins off the hook and turned the question on the Cardinal, asking: «Why would God randomly decide to provide proof of his existence to a small group of Jews 2,000 years ago and not subsequently provide any proof after that?»

On the other hand, remember that the church has a tendency to bed down with mediocrity, to accept the status quo and to let itself off the theological hook too easily.

I know, things have been a little quiet around here lately, but I have prepared a few excuses so you will let me off the hook... For one, my sweet babe is on the move!

He was let off the hook for his first big misstep by an offside call, but Guillermo Ochoa was forced into a couple saves after his second bad turnover, on a close - range shot from Emmanuel Emenike and a 25 - yard blast from Ogenyi Onazi in the 12th minute.

While it's true that I believe Russell Wilson largely let them off the hook by not pull the ball on read option, the fact remains that the Patriots did a damn good job of limiting the damage Lynch could do.

Remember one time when Porto won it it was Porto Vs Monaco them... We actually let Chelsea off the hook as they beat us on away goals and scored their second at Highbury when we were leading 2 - 1 and had done a 0 - 0 at the bridge and we were looking hot for the trophy not just the semi final slots.

Liverpool are on the verge of being overtaken by their fierce rivals Man United and they are not too far from being caught by city rivals Everton, but the last thing Arsenal must do is to let them off the hook.

We could have really hurt them with our height advantage on the set pieces and we definitely let them off the hook in this regard.

Oregon was sketchy against the run and had the tendency of letting opponents off the hook on passing downs but did well in preventing big plays and rose to 29th in Def.

players were a disgrace at Anfield whatever your opinion on Wenger, don't let them off hook

Torres had a chance late on when Filipe Luis put the ball on a plate for him but his header was straight at Serantes, yet again, as Atletico let the hosts off the hook.

One - on - one with Lössl, Gayle's chip over the on - rushing Dane landed just the wrong side of the post once more to let Town off the hook following a small period of pressure of their own.

If the club's faithful let him off the hook easy on that note, he might settle down easily into his new team and can perform at the top level for them.

A long shot was saved well by Wiedwald and then Millwall was able to pile on some more pressure before Leeds was let off the hook by the half - time whistle.

It will let parents off the hook of blaming themselves... and will help them get on to the job of addressing the child's underlying difficulties.»

Since Kerry cheated on you know who, I can see why she has a tendency to let other cheating Kennedys off the hook!

Hall spokesman Patrick McGarrity said: «Our democracy is weakened by candidates who spend millions of their own dollars trying to buy elections and then force their radical ideas on people like letting corporate polluters like BP off the hook — sticking taxpayers with the bill.»

The Prime Minister said the party's disciplinary panel let the former London mayor «off the hook» following accusations of anti-Semitism as she launched a stinging attack on Jeremy Corbyn's leadership in a campaign speech.

«The intent was not to go ahead and let yeshivas off the hook,» Felder told The New York Times on Friday, but rather to «consider the number of hours of education a child is getting of any sort.»

How can a suspect I will term as a high value one who claimed to be on his way to Yobe to deliver some bombs be caught but instead of these ignorant officers to liaise with their counterparts in Yobe with the information at their despisal aimed at apprehending the said alhaji they hurriedly invited the press who subsequently went online and thus both foolishly letting the main sponsor off the hook?

> Yesterday on ToryDiary: The PM shames Labour's referendum filibusterers - but lets their Lib Dem allies off the hook

The Building and Construction Trades Council of New York aggressively campaigned last year to have pay floors written into the 44 - year - old credit, which lets developers off the hook for the property taxes on a new building for a decade.

Second, he let Sen Landrieu take the heat and be called a whore by his GOP minions for aquiring additional funds for Medicade - althought it was at his bequest Third - he goes around galavanting around the country fundraising» instead of governing - He blasts government for all of the ills and blamed the BP oil mess on Washington - yet he went licking up to DC for funds so he could build berms that wold be mysterious for the coast and let BP off the hook Cut funding for education - although he was afforded a damn good one He sides with his GOP pals about health care reform - REMINDER his child has a pre existing condition - heart problem

A respected Labour MP has hit out at colleagues who let the Government «off the hook» after Brexit by turning their focus on a coup against Jeremy Corbyn.

On Channels TV a few days ago, even the then confab chairman, Senator Femi Okunrounmu, expressed reservations about the National Assembly's sudden interest in the report so soon after Senate President Bukola Saraki was let off the hook in a no - case submission and acquittal which Prof Itse Sagay has been losing sleep over.

That pact was abandoned by the U.S. Senate because it imposed emissions cuts on wealthy countries but let developing nations — including China — off the hook by allowing them to make voluntary cuts in exchange for financial support.

Letting suspects sleep will protect the innocent but may also let more criminals off the hook by helping them resist interrogation, says John Wixted, a psychologist at UC San Diego who recently published a study on the vulnerability of eyewitnesses to false accusation.

When I persisted, she noted on my file «patient refused medication» — well, I suppose that lets her «off the hook» and makes it all my responsibility, which is how it should be.

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So, she suggests letting yourself off the hook, and focusing on the moment.

That being said, Anderson can be accused of being a little stereotypical in his depiction of the Japanese characters, verging on being offensive, just let off the hook given the title's overriding, playful approach which detracts from the more questionable elements.

The sole difference is that whereas the book was written as a sort of self - serving mea culpa that only put Finkel's credibility into greater doubt, the movie refuses to let either subject off the hook, even going so far as to shine a light on Finkel's morally bankrupt motives.

The picture is a master's course on how to render racism sterile and inoffensive, all the better to let the blasé and the purposefully non-conscious off the hook.

We can even claim to not despise the bad guy here, as Jerry is seductive and, on occasion, surprisingly merciful in willing to let Charley off the hook for knowing what he knows, provided he agrees to forget.

Or you might let him off the hook by giving the answer, while saying something like «That was a tough one,» and then moving on.

He argues that an accreditation model based strictly on outcomes is problematic «because, paradoxically, if you only hold institutions accountable for results, you let those with good inputs off the hook.»

Now consider building knowledge: Individual teacher accountability on a fourth - grade reading comprehension test, for instance, is unfair because children's comprehension depends on what they've learned every year, in school and out (a reading test is a de facto test of background knowledge); it's also unproductive because it lets the early - grade teachers off the hook if they don't contribute by teaching the knowledge - building subjects.