Sentences with phrase «like punch lines»

Many of the text - based works in the show read like punch lines, spoofing on the seriousness of the art world, exhibition titles, and process art.

EBITDA may sound like a punch line from a Three Stooges film, but it's really an important tool for investors to figure out if a company that's taken their money, is doing well or not.

The subject of «Holy Rollers,» Hasidic Jews working as drug runners, sounds like a punch line, but it's based on a true story.

Not exact matches

To borrow a punch line from Duke professor Dan Ariely, artificial intelligence is like teenage sex: «Everyone talks about it, nobody really knows how to do it, everyone thinks everyone else is doing it, so everyone claims they are doing it.»

The Cubs can tell you something about that, as leads like this one will feel like the setup to a punch line that hasn't been told yet until Chicago manages to actually win it all for the first time since 1908 — especially when their opponent is the Giants of even - year fame.

once again we manage to concede when wev hav the lionshare of possesion and limited our opponents to 3 shots on target, am hugely dissapointed in nasri, ros, ramsey and edu who were fresher than most and just did nt put in the necessary work to get a result there, i hate to admit it but it looked like we thought the goal and the result wud look after itself because we are arsenal... maybe im wrong but at times i feel we are border line arrogant and then cant raise our game when we get sucker punched

Like other politicians indicted before him, he has become an Albany punch line: This year, at the annual satire show staged by the Capitol press corps, Michael Jackson's «Beat It» was given a Silver - themed rewrite (with lyrics including «I'll plead it, plead it, bet your tuchis I will plead it»).

If we listen to family conversations, they often sound like TV sitcoms: the flippant remark, the comeback, the punch line.

Briogeo is one of the best - selling haircare lines at Sephora and this mask in particular packs a powerful punch with ingredients like panthenol, rose - hip, sweet almond, and avocado oils, biotin, and algae extract — all of which help to moisturize, repair, and strengthen weak, damaged hair.

I really love how you choose a jewel tones turtleneck to go under the dress, it adds a little punch to the look and I really like how the lines in your tights echo the subtle lines in your dress, it looks so lean!

The hints of bright colors like the hot pink lining of my bag and the red soles of my Louboutins is a fun and unexpected punch of color.

I have no idea why I feel like someone just punched me in the stomach and knocked the wind out of me just looking at your photo and reading your witty little lines but I am totally swept away in my little fantasy of what your voice would sound like.

And sooner or later we meet the familiar rogues: the villainous Sabretooth (Wolverine's brother, this time around played by Liev Schreiber with «the fingernails of a bag lady»), the treacherous William Stryker (the Brian Cox character in» 03, now recast with Danny Huston), even a certain Cyclops (a whiny teenager with bad eyes, in keeping with the franchise's history of treating the X-Men's longtime leader like a spindly punch line) and the inevitable cameo by a very familiar X-tra.

The casting of Mr. Livingston and Mr. Duplass — who look more like brothers than Mr. Duplass and his actual brother, Jay Duplass — plays like a joke without a punch line.

What follows is a standard cat - and - mouse game between Shaun and the thieves» leader, Eddie (Billy Burke), that makes decent enough use of its domestic interior / exterior dynamic; the trash talk between the two underscores most of this, with Burke's character making do with corny, one - off lines like, «Moms don't run, not when their babies are trapped inside the nest,» providing the bulk of the film's punch.

It's drawn out in a way that feels like it's going to be the setup for a big punch line.

The trailer features plenty of hilarious lines and wonderful moments, like the string of punch - outs and Fiennes fleeing after saying, «She's been murdered, and you think I did it».

Supposedly based on a true story, this film feels more like an extended joke, complete with a punch line that comes after 90 minutes of outrageous grisliness.

MacFarlane follows the jokes that flitter through his head like a distracted bloodhound, abandoning plot in order to chase a punch line.

Like Michael Moore, the filmmakers insert clips from old movies to serve as punch lines, drawing on a wealth of Hollywood biblical epics and Christian instructional videos.

Like all shaggy dog stories, the punch line matters much less than the journey to it.

Though he used to be somewhat of a punch line, known more for his shirtless roles in flaky rom - coms than his promising earlier work, recently McConaughey has been repairing his reputation with a string of outstanding performances in films like «Killer Joe,» «Magic Mike» and «Mud.»

Like a law of physics, the principle of negation is absolute, extending to Charles's ultimate fate: a suicide that is also a murder, with the grim anti — punch line of a final epiphany that goes unexpressed — he's shot in the back of the head, midsentence.

Anything more than 95 minutes is asking for quite a bit, and given that the movie only begrudgingly has a plot at all, what we have is a collection of skit - like scenes of two characters doing idiotic things, which does tend to grow tedious after a bit since every joke has the same punch line — these guys are unfathomably dumb.

It is a gag that uses several side jokes to roll the humour into one boulder of a punch - line, feeling more like a reinvention of the films of old.

And by giving serious material to characters like Sean and Mike, it makes their comic moments feel much funnier than when they were just idiots there for easy punch lines.

The denizens don't act and talk like actual people; McDonagh's trademark obscenities are so forced that they sound like bad punch lines.

For what it's worth, Hackman is immersed in his character to the extent that it feels like a long steam - blow from his complete introversion in The Conversation: every line is punctuated by a «fuckin»» or «fuckin» motherfuckin»» followed by spurts of punching, kicking, breaking, railing.

The timing and staging convey their athletic wit and the individual scenes have neat visual punch - lines, like Nakia grinding to a halt in her driver's seat, without the car, while Okoye uses her spear as a personal braking system.

For that matter, the old folks seems mostly to like it as well, cheering every punch line in their home for the elderly in Del Ray, Florida, though Jerry is jeered and heckled in the New York clubs.

There's impressive punch off the line and when you pin the throttle from low speeds, accompanied by a cool, faint, high - pitched whine that sounds like modulating jet engines on the final approach.

No big and heavy 4x4 will weave in and out, punch its way down the outside of a line of slow moving cars to jump into what look impossibly small gaps, with anything like the remarkable agility of our Fiat Panda.

Punch Line: An absolutely wonderful package for those who would like to fall in love with their new ride.

Now, it's time for another one, the new Z06 carries the beautiful lines of the C7, with new features, like carbon aero parts, aggressive styling, a desirable color and an V8 engine (we don't know if it's N / A or supercharged, yet), that punches 620HP.

Unless I punch the gas off the line, it feels like I'm crawling.

In its more mediocre forms flash fiction can feel like a joke told by the sort of coworker who trolls hallways looking for polite people: a pun here, an obvious twist there, everything neatly tied up by a punch - line ending.

Now here is the punch line, today's article by Nial is like a message from heaven.

Among finance types like me, the fact that bond prices and interest rates move in opposite directions is so fundamental and obvious that it is used as a punch line.

Gaz Lehri - After all the noise being made about the PlayStation 4 being a console for the gamers, its woeful launch line - up left us gasping for air like a $ 10 hooker after getting punched in the mid-section by Manny Pacquiao on 4 scoops of pre-workout.

Playing Shaq Fu is like having to listen to a bad joke where your friend forgot the punch line and all you can think about is anything else you would rather be doing than listening to him try to pull together whatever wisps of life may be left in his failed attempt at humor.

Here, there are drypoints, lithographs and ink works on display, some like the scroll of paper with a line of punched dots that comes out of a hand - cranked music box, others more like unravelled knitting.

The later piles of old shoes can look deliberately meaningless, like cartoons without a punch line.

If those expectations are disappointed, if the punch - line is never delivered, say, or it fails to induce a laugh, it is frustrating, and both listener and teller risk feeling like an outsider.

It looks like a joke missing the punch line.

Suggests arson on public land Advocates punching out NSW govt staff Likes to talk about his love «exploits» on line Thinks you can herd whales and that's just for starters.

While Oliver's punch lines may feel like mischief, there is a tested genius behind this approach that anyone who has a serious issue to campaign for must take notes on.

To borrow a punch line from Duke professor Dan Ariely, artificial intelligence is like teenage sex: «Everyone talks about it, nobody really knows how to do it, everyone thinks everyone else is doing it, so everyone claims they are doing it.»

References to literature in judicial opinions, like metaphors and similes, derive their power from surprise; therefore, if used frequently, they lose their novelty, like the oft - repeated punch line of an outdated joke.

Such versatility would add some punch to Samsung's marketing line of: «Runs like a PC.

Samsung and Apple are both developing an in - display fingerprint sensor for their line of smartphones, but it looks like a Chinese brand might beat them to the punch.