Sentences with phrase «of a slap in»

Anything that promotes peace is more of a slap in OBL's face than any of the imaginative ways so many of us would have chosen to dispose of him.

Regrettably it was to ask for money and to me it was more of a slap in the face.

Although Romain Grosjean expected a tough outing in Mexico, he says being out - qualified by Sauber was a «bit of a slap in the face.»

When Ruben Loftus - Cheek came on Costa would have seen that as a bit of a slap in the face but unfortunately Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was absolutely right.

As if this act wasn't quite enough of a slap in the face to Dugdale, her deputy quoted the words of SNP First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to support his case.

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

In fact, some research in 2007 actually showed milk to produce a greater anabolic response after weight training than a store - bought bodybuilding supplement... sort of a slap in the face for all those companies pushing «metabolic optimizers» and supplement «stacks» based on «modern science» and nutrition theory.

There is a third Strike, but it's currently exclusive to the PlayStation 4, as if the expansion wasn't enough of a slap in the face already.

«Which sort of slapped him in the face a bit, I think, and the best therapy was to begin painting right away.»

«It's kind of a slap in the voters» faces — you just don't use your public office to buy friends,» said longtime Republican lobbyist Brandon Scholz.

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

But, to me, even more of a slap in the face when it comes to the Big 5 and their ilk is the insistence on trying to lock their e-books with DRM.

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 mean, it is a little bit of a slap in the face, but from a business standpoint, I understand that the funding for such a big game has to come from somewhere.

The only thing I could say is a problem is that the story could have been fleshed out more, and the ending was a bit of a slap in the face (because it was too short), and the physics could glitch out a bit at a few times.

The game desperately needs more modes and more maps and more depth and simply more «stuff» to do, to begin with, so locking such a huge chunk of it up as DLC is a bit of a slap in the face.

The Front Mission series has never been one of Squeenix's biggest sellers but its cult following has always been loyal and devoted which made this attempt to add an action title to the roster a bit of slap in the face.

This feels like a bit of a slap in the face to the joining player, and discourages excessive cooperative play (sorry about that three hours of map progress lost for you, Dan!)

Not exact matches

Con artists are a crafty group of people who know exactly how to deceive and control their victims, but their methods are as obvious as a slap in the face if you know what to look for.

In theory, the U.S. Commerce Department's move earlier this week to slap a seven - year ban on the sale of American products to ZTE Corp., China's second - largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer, was all about national security and had nothing to do with trade.

These local and mayoral elections are unusual because they come just five weeks before voters will go back to the polls for the general election, and slap - bang in the middle of the political parties» election campaigns.

Instead of slapping together a description of your goods, use this five - step plan to create listings that draw in customers.

In late 2017, the Commerce Department slapped duties of nearly 300 percent on the jets, forcing Delta to come up with alternative fleet plans as the trade dispute intensified.

Chuck Atkinson, president of transportation District 140 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, the company's largest union, described Rovinescu's pay in a letter to the president as «a personal insult and a slap in the face to all our members.»

And, in those moments, it's far too tempting to slap on a label of «brainstorming» to disguise our floundering as productivity.

If you're a fan of the «head slap» made famous by NCIS character Leroy Jethro Gibbs, you know that this non-injurious action is usually meant as a reminder when a team member is in violation of one of the Gibbs rules.

Actual machine guns rarely figure in criminal acts, in part because buying one is such a burdensome, expensive and paperwork - heavy process.The National Firearms Act of 1934 slapped a $ 200 transfer tax on them, the equivalent of $ 3,773 in 2018 dollars.

There are many pros and cons with both kinds of business, making it vitally important that we are clear on what we want our life to look like with a business slap bang in the middle of it.

We're in a custom - built, steel - framed protective roll cage, a custom - built seat and bars on either side of your helmet to prevent your head from slapping around too much.

This seems almost like a slap in the face to websites that spend good money — and lots of it — on genuine web marketing trying to get traffic.

The family hasn't just slapped their name on the front door, either — in 2005, Sobeys Inc., Empire Company Limited and The Sobey Foundation contributed $ 2 million to fund undergraduate scholarships for students enrolled at the School of Business and pay for infrastructure developments.

The worst crisis in the 54 - year history of Le Château Inc. came to a head last June, when the only analyst still covering the company slapped a Sell rating on its stock.

Stewardship Ontario came under fire in 2010 when, with little warning, eco fees were slapped on thousands of new household items, such as fire extinguishers and laundry detergent.

Prosecutors in the country last week slapped Chevron and drilling partner Transocean with an $ 11 billion fine for accidentally releasing around 3,000 barrels of oil off of Brazil's coast.

A representative of the country's second - biggest party called Potash Corp.'s gambit «a slap in the face of every citizen of Israel.»

The unfinished cement floor is cut through with a couple of white walls, slapped up in a hurry when management realized the open - concept design hadn't left space for meetings.

The president has threatened to slap tariffs on as much as $ 150 billion in Chinese imports in retaliation for alleged violations of intellectual property, while Beijing has vowed to retaliate.

Who'd like to bet it'll the same old story once again — a slap on the wrist and they'll be back to «business as usual» in a couple of months?

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.

We don't want to make the amateur mistake of getting caught in an echo chamber, such as: Just because you watched one horror title, slapping in front of you nothing but more horror titles.»

Richard Greenfield, a technology analyst with BTIG LLC in New York, recently downgraded Facebook to Sell and slapped a $ 16 target price on the stock, less than half of Facebook's IPO price.

But the breadth of Trump's tariffs in March, which slapped global penalties on imports of common commodities, was severe enough to prompt the resignation of the president's top economic advisor, Gary Cohn.

Since the location of objects can be tracked by noting in a database where they're stored or by slapping a radio chip onto them, the network could quickly direct an employee to that archived box of signed contracts.

On Sunday, Beijing slapped extra tariffs of up to 25 % on 128 US products including frozen pork, as well as wine and certain fruits and nuts in response to steep US tariffs on imports of aluminum and steel announced last month by the Trump administration.

U.S. President Donald Trump signed proclamations Thursday slapping tariffs of 25 per cent on steel and 10 per cent on aluminum, and they snap into effect for the rest of the world in 15 days.

Martin Shkreli will auction off a chance to punch or slap him in the face, according to a couple of posts he published on Twitter.

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.

TMZ reports the former Hollywood mogul was leaving Elements restaurant at the Sanctuary Camelback Mountain Resort when he was approached by a man who slapped him twice in the face with the back of his hand.

Trump's decision to slap up to $ 60 billion in tariffs on some Chinese goods last week was met with a retaliatory warning from Beijing of levies of up to $ 3 billion on U.S. imports.

The escalating trade tensions between the two largest economies in the world have resulted in China slapping a 25 percent levy on U.S. imports including products such as soybeans, cars and whiskey — a tit - for - tat after President Donald Trump targeted a list of Chinese imports.