Sentences with phrase «nail on a chalkboard»

To most conservatives, that's just nails on a chalkboard.
Every meeting will feel like nails on a chalkboard.
DERMATOLOGY The sound of a dog constantly scratching or licking can be as irritating as nails on a chalkboard.
It gives me the same feeling as hearing nails on a chalkboard when my thighs rub together haha I don't know why!
All I have to say is «That chibi is so kawaii» and it's like nails on a chalkboard for him.
Not only are you asking for help, but you're emphasizing that you are doing so, which can feel like nails on a chalkboard to many indie developers.
This has nothing to do with the quality of their acai bowls, but I have to mention that they use those environmentally - friendly wooden spoons which is very responsible, but the feeling of them in my mouth is like the physical manifestation of nails on a chalkboard.
How do people come up with this, when most moms who are nursing a baby for the first time would rather hear nails on a chalkboard than have anything attached to their nipples - even their cuddly newborn?
The sound of a dog constantly scratching or licking can be as irritating as nails on a chalkboard.
As a teacher, I have to say, it's like nails on a chalkboard.
Is that I have to watch it on local TV and listen to Washington's broadcasters, who are like nails on a chalkboard to my ears.
I never felt rage with my first son but with my youngest, when he cries it's like nails on a chalkboard to me.
Listening to a child whine can sound worse than nails on a chalkboard.
While the sound of teeth grinding may be like nails on a chalkboard, know that it's usually not harmful.
Most mom's say that it's very hard to describe but some liken the sensation of nursing their baby to nails on a chalkboard.
Amy's posts have really helped me too, although I still tend to agree - the nails on the chalkboard feeling sums it up for me much of the time.
Every time I heard them say that phrase, it was like nails on a chalkboard to my ears.
Someone uttering the word moist, the sound of nails on a chalkboard, mustard spilling onto someone's clothes... and, of course, cold and flu season.
Adam Sandler's voice in this movie is like nails on a chalkboard!
The effects blew and the dialogue was like nails on a chalkboard and up your ass, but hey, even that wound up bringing a couple of giggles my way.
He's written in a way that doesn't appeal - instead of the likable guy who keeps Nelson and Murdock afloat he's a slacker nerd who skeezes on women all the time - and the performance by Eldon Henson is like nails on a chalkboard.
And while Arquette is fine as the irritable central character, Gordon - Levitt delivers a hysterical, absurdly over-the-top performance that's essentially the cinematic equivalent of nails on a chalkboard - with the actor's ongoing difficulties at stepping into the shoes of his one - dimensional character compounded by an accent that remains unconvincing from start to finish.
Every scene they are in is like nails on a chalkboard.
It was like nails on a chalkboard.
The audio, on the other hand, dazzles, the 5.1 DTS - HD MA track honouring an inventive mix characterized by a grinding bass that sounds generated by friction and, fittingly, gets under the skin like nails on a chalkboard.
Cregger's bland yet personable turn as the central character is certainly in sharp contrast to Moore's aggressively zany performance, with the actor's incessantly over-the-top work hitting the viewer like nails on a chalkboard and ensuring that the film becomes more and more of a chore to sit through as it progresses.
While like nails on a chalkboard to some — see critical reaction to Margot at the Wedding and Greenberg — Baumbach's minimalist, self - deprecating style has been emulated by many in the years that have followed.
It's a devil - may - care performance that will play like nails on a chalkboard to some, but it's wholly representative of the pic's manic bent.
To some people, the sound of a rotary engine revving at 9000 rpm is like nails on a chalkboard.
Typos in print grate on me like nails on a chalkboard.
Marjorie (we've changed the couple's names to protect their privacy) was still working as a freelance writer, and the interruptions were like nails on a chalkboard, disrupting her concentration.
I have several dogs but 2 of the dogs barks are so annoying it's like nails on a chalkboard.
Although I am a dog lover I am also human and at the yip yip yip sound of a insistently barking dog is like nails on a chalkboard.
When I see it, I get that same feeling that you get when someone rakes their nails on a chalkboard.
It is like nails on a chalkboard:
I understand the need for sponsors, but that ad is like listening to nails on a chalkboard!
It's like nails on a chalkboard (ha ha) to me!!!
And I do know (from reading this site) that when it happens on HGTV it might not be the designer's fault but still... it's like nails on a chalkboard to me.
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