Sentences with phrase «lying in the straw»
The wise men were there with a handful of shepherds, and of course in the midst of them all the Christ child was there, lying in the straw.
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«The Gish Gallop, named after creationist Duane Gish, is the debating technique of drowning the opponent in such a torrent of half - truths, lies, and straw - man arguments that the opponent can not possibly answer every falsehood in real time.
The first is from the well - known passage in Isaiah 11: 6 - 9: «The wolf shall dwell with the lamb: and the leopard shall lie down with the kid: the calf and the lion, and the sheep shall abide together, and a little child shall lead them... the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
Last night we hit an all time low as Arsenal fans, losing to Olympiacos in the Champions League was the final straw for many Arsenal fans, lies, arrogance, neglect, and a blatant disregard for the thoughts and feelings for all the loyal fans, you name it Arsene Wenger has done it.
I had it in my mind that he would lie in this basket at my feet, sweet as a bundle of straw, silent as a pile of laundry, while I significantly revised my five - hundred - page novel.
It is made of wood and straw and it is the baby Jesus lying in the manger with a star over his head and on the manger is says, «Shh, it's Him!»
Milly's always been self - centered and needy, a characteristic her condition only amplifies, and when Jess catches her in a hurtful lie it's the last straw.
In each work lies a theoretical straw: something the viewer grasps with sudden exuberance and recognition — Yes!
(5) Most if not all of the arguments in favour of ABS that lie outside those first four points are little more than clutching at straws by people incapable of resiling from a stance they have taken publically, not matter how increasing foolish the stance is (get rid of witnesses and affidavits for wills).