Sentences with phrase «of a kick in»

One of his recent posts is a must read for those who suspect they should make more time in their lives to nourish their brains, but still need a bit of a kick in the pants.

But if you still want a bit of a kick in the morning that will help to banish anxiety, this might be it.

Thought I'd actually try and follow exactly but, alas, my usual a bit of this and a bit of that kicked in.

I love a little bit of kick in my chocolate.

Anaheim peppers offer an alternative to grilled jalapeno poppers for those looking for less of a kick in the spice department.

I would have never done that if it wasn't for my first daughter being born to kind of kick me in the butt and get me to go to school to actually learn a craft.

The transformative power of a kick in the ass is not lost on Hochuli, who was divorced from Bonnie, the mother of his first five children, 20 years ago.

ALL OF THEM results of kicks in the game.

David Akers Eaglesat Jets He's ranked ninth alltime in field goal accuracy (81.8 %), but he hasmade only 45.5 % of his kicks in the wind tunnel that is Giants Stadium.

The Golden Eagles are in need of some kind of a kick in the pants as they wrap up non-conference play this weekend.

it seems as though our first team and bench players hav an A and B system rather than a complete squad, maybe that is arsenes way of ticking over the machine till the economics and politics of it all kick in..

The name of the game here is straight - talking, wise advice and a bit of a kick in the right direction.

i'm getting tons of kicks in my ribs.

Both are filled with the excitement of kicks in your belly, and some of the less exciting things too (we're talking to you, morning sickness).

To the union's most engaged and active members, those who had organized countless forums, town halls, pickets, and protests to save our schools, this was widely perceived as something of a kick in the teeth.

In fact, a little negativity can sometimes «act as a bit of a kick in the backside,» Hardy says.

Julian Mitchell's script tends to drag its feet, if not cut short a lot of expository depth, but it keeps consistent on razor - sharp dialogue, occasionally broken up by witty humor that puts a bit of kick in the slower spots, about as much as highlights in Brian Gilbert's direction which break up slow spells and sentimentality with occasions of color and effective thoughtfulness.

But for the scenery passing by your windows a little quicker, there's little sensation of gathering pace; the aforementioned GLC 43 does a better job of kicking you in the kidneys and rewards you with a better engine note than the fairly muted Audi.

Indeed, with a little step in the powerband around 4,000 rpm when the turbocharger gets serious about force - feeding the little four - banger, there's just enough of a kick in the pants to give the little sedan a little vim.

While I actually like the cover, and don't have any problems with it, it's kind of a kick in the teeth that they'd drop the price so drastically so quickly.

If you need a bit of a kick in the butt to keep your fingers to the keys (or would benefit from a consistent sounding board as you write), professional writing coaches will do their best to help you finish your book — at a price.

KMI was a bit of a kick in the pants for me as well.

If someone kicks in your door and steals your stereo, and the apartment complex can't replace the door that day, the theft (and vandalism of kicking in your door) could trigger loss of use until repairs could be made, for example.

So to start off with the player base is small but to then make it smaller yet, by braking the online players up from region to region, is a bit of a kick in the side.

well that's a bit of a kick in the priverts.

Great news for those who have yet to buy the game, though it is a bit of a kick in the leg to fans who paid for the game initially.

For many consumers, having coughed up # 350 for the headset, along with potentially another # 110 for PlayStation Move controllers and a PlayStation Camera, asking for # 50 is a bit of a kick in the teeth.

The reason behind this delay is most likely out of EA's hands and purely down to when the different regions of the Playstation Store are updated, but still it's a bit of a kick in the pods for the European FIFA fan base.

Okay, that feedback was a bit of a kick in the guts but I guess I can see why.

Collision insurance, Georgia medical payments insurance, and a few other coverages are the only ones I know of that kick in without requiring liability.

If someone kicks in your door and steals your stereo, and the apartment complex can't replace the door that day, the theft (and vandalism of kicking in your door) could trigger loss of use until repairs could be made, for example.

All of these states have independent estate taxes and some of them kick in at estate values as low as $ 1 million and that often includes your primary residence.

Then, with Android Nougat, they improved this even further by making it a bit more aggressive: instead of kicking in while the phone is completely still, Doze now works while the phone is in your pocket, bag, or anywhere else it isn't in active use.

The original Apple Watch (Series 1) has been given a bit of a kick in the pants as well with a new processor and the «Sport Band» that was originally only on the Sport version of the watch.

It's then a bit of a kick in the teeth that the slowest part of the performance is the camera - the one area of software that has been tweaked by Nokia.

If you've got a nursing career spanning 20 years this may be a bit of a kick in the teeth, however you need to look at this as a stepping stone back into the work force.

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About 125 boys, some as young as 11, race back and forth across the grass, kicking footballs in a complex choreography of attack and defense.

The San Francisco company has been ramping up its efforts in the world of live streaming, kicking off a deal in September with the NFL to stream 10 Thursday night games to Twitter users via the web, mobile apps and streaming devices like the Apple TV.

The sight of bills moving through the legislative process could lift spirits, but it would be 2018 before the multipliers of that spending really kick in.

Whereas I imagine most of my peers clicked through their six - question survey like a fire - and - forget missile, I kicked things up a notch, making a simple spreadsheet to log my results, and committing to doing the same simple exercise, year in and year out, for the rest of my career.

France's gender equality minister, Marlène Schiappa, announced Friday at a press conference in Paris the decision to open a sexual harassment hotline for attendees of the festival, which kicks off next month, AFP reported.

Not only when we're having problems, but also when we're succeeding, when we're stuck in a rut, when we can't figure out a problem, or when we're simply trapped in our comfort zone and need a swift kick in the ass to get us out of it?

As your production increases and your facilities and resources are more fully and efficiently utilized, economies of scale kick in.

Speaking of which, Fortune's Brainstorm Design conference kicks off in Singapore next week; expect this topic to be on the agenda.

«If I don't do this and someone else figures it out, I'm going to kick myself in the ass every day the rest of my life.»

Located in northeastern France, when the battle of Verdun kicked off, 30,000 French soldiers faced 130,000 German soldiers.

One year later, he faced a complaint from the mother of a 15 - year - old boy who claimed he used excessive force when arresting her son, including putting his gun to the side of the teen's head and kicking him in the ribs.

This year's 29th installment, which kicks off March 11, could be the biggest yet with some of the most prominent speakers in the event's history.

As the activity of the sympathetic nervous system decreases, the parasympathetic nervous system kicks in, keeping cortisol levels, heart rate, muscle tension, digestive function, secretion and other processes back toward homeostasis.

Indeed, the bulk of the provisions covering small businesses don't kick in until small business group buying plans roll out at the state level.