Sentences with phrase «mere slap on the wrist»

Hardworking players like mertasacker and giroud are more often than not bear the brunt of the criticism while the English core are given just a mere slap on the wrist with the usual adage about «young and having time on their side to improve».

This is a step in the right direction and would put down a marker to formula companies that failure to comply is not going to be a mere slap on the wrists.

The punishment for leaving a dog out in the freezing cold to potentially die should be beyond a mere slap on the wrist, pay your fine and go back to your puppy mill to extract more blood money.

«Right now, too often fines amount to a mere slap on the wrist,» says Hudak.