Sentences with phrase «of a slap»

For self - publishers, however, the deal may be a bit of a slap in the face.

Bad because, well, comparing anything with Destiny these days seems like a bit of a slap in the digital face.

Although widely reported as a knockout punch, the ruling was more of a slap on the wrist.

Believe me, a rejection letter is enough of a slap in the belly and now publishers want to pour salt in our wounds, too.

The second wild card in one league is a fine chase, but it's something of a slap fight in the other.

The second installment ups the ante in the action department, and still delivers plenty of laughs with its tried and true blend of slap stick and nice dialog.

The other students in the group check the accuracy of their slap.

Perhaps you will argue that it's a bit of a slap in the face, or that we, the gaming public, are expected to be essentially free labour.

I'm willing to wait for better built apps and more partnerships instead of slapped together apps that could damage my unit.

They feel like curious limited events, carefully planned instead of slapped together for $ 4.99 a pop.

make - up used to be something that I didn't spend much money on, and sort of slapped on super quickly in the morning, with no real rhyme or reason.

The idea of slapping on a turbocharger or two to the configuration could help it achieve the power level it needs for use on the new RX while also improving fuel economy.

Food and Drink - Summer 2011 -(Page 78) > p PRODUCERS walker & sons inc. — slap ya mama cajun products Spice of Cajun Life It's never dull for the creators of Slap Ya Mama Cajun Products.

Bri, I think people get kind of irritated when stuff like this comes out because it is kind of a slap at parenting.

I won't belabor the point here, we've already taken an in - depth look at the Range Rover Sport's tech, but the low - resolution graphics and barely viewable camera feeds feel like even more of a slap in the face here when you consider the SVR's over - $ 111K starting price.

After all, it is not just a matter of slapping on a screen at the last minute, all the software and especially the hardware also has to be designed and built with the final resolution (s) baked in.

now let's help others who are in need of a slap back to reality.

The stellar cast could play every single one of these roles in their sleep but that doesn't make them guilty of lazy performances; Anthony Mackie's conflicted cop is empathetic at times and well in need of a slap at others while Casey «better - in - every - way - than - his - brother - when - on - screen» Affleck is likable if not always blessed with the best lines of dialogue to deliver.

Bowling Green fired their head coach, Chris Jans, after video emerged of him slapping a woman's butt while drunk at a...

Everyone was in favor of a slap on the wrist — everyone except the defensive coordinator, Ol' Hangin» Judge Stallings.

I have become so used to rush my own skincare routine (a routine that now consists of slapping any cream on my face) yet always have time to slather goobs of lotion on the kids.

Singas will work with Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini to investigate one of the incidents, in which a woman accused Schneiderman of slapping her at a house in the Hamptons in 2016, officials said.

The shock factor is significant here: Downing Street is suggesting it only heard about the possibility of this slap in the face last week.

I don't know how either film is gonna sell the idea of some relatively scrawny short guy like Scott or Nicholas Braun (Scott's apparent replacement for Hit Somebody) playing a bruiser convincingly without being too derivative of Slap Shot.

His combination of slap - stick and horror quickly earned him a place in cult status as his Evil Dead trilogy is still very much celebrated today.

RT @ReformedBroker: This Greek austerity bill is the equivalent of slapping a Kick Me sign on the Troika's back.

MMORPG names are, of course, as varied as the stars in the sky, with many of them slapping «online» or «age of» somewhere in there to designate their category.

For a glimpse into what videomaker Aimee Goguen will contribute to the evening, we suggest watching «See Dog Read,» a sexy, soapy short full of slapping, sucking, and grabbing.

How do we call out the hotels guilty of slapping green labels on everything in the interest of luring the eco-conscious visitor into the not - so - eco-friendly bed - and how do we distinguish these properties from the hotels whose green efforts deserve our recognition and our business?

They found near - unanimous consensus (76/77) among the experts that there is no evidence to support the existence of SLAP.

And what a zinger of a slap it is.

I like the idea of the Slap Table, because it fits right in with advice I've given repeatedly: the need to deliver positive and negative messages separately.

Our best hope of slapping the hands of Bank of America, Wells Fargo, JP Morgan Chase, et al in the robo - signing foreclosure scandal lies with the states» attorney generals — not the feds.

Nor is Solomon in the business of slapping a corporate logo onto a forgettable bottle of Merlot.

Nvidia's CEO takes off his wire - rimmed glasses and rubs his bloodshot eyes, fatigued after hours of slapping backs and pumping palms.

It's sort of like a real - life version of Guitar Hero or Rock Band, except instead of slapping away at a series of buttons — an act that has just about zero relation to the real thing — you're strumming away on an actual guitar.

While the threat of a slap on the hand might be enough to deter some potential shoplifters, cutting off offenders» hands might not be enough to deter others.

It was a time of slap - stick comedy on radio and the retread of old vaudeville acts on TV, and a bit later it was the time of the fraudulent quiz shows like «The 64 Thousand Dollar Question» and Charles van Doren, a contestant who was secretly fed the answers by CBS executives.

In the meantime, Walker & Sons continues to focus on the retail side of its business, which still accounts for the bulk of Slap Ya Mama sales.

The company now has 40 foodservice accounts in the United States, bringing mass quantities of Slap Ya Mama items to hotels, restaurants and cafeterias.

The cat took to sleeping in the sink or the shower and Philip and I got tired of slapping the blasted things off of our legs.

This year's.211 /.260 /.331 is too far on the spectrum of slap - hitting acceptability, though his increasingly successful stolen base attempts are a good sign.

He's been giving up pay for 7 years now and still only getting the smallest of slaps on the wrist.

He was a master of slapping the ball around the field, though, and considering the Yankees» sub-optimal defense, it was a terrifying matchup for someone in the middle of a no - hitter.