Sentences with phrase «of short sticks»

Life feels like the never - ending hand of short sticks.

In other works, colorful, raw orchestrations of short stick - like lines suggest futurist depictions of movement, and in still others, endless lines of indigo bring to mind his signature ballpoint pen work.

Not exact matches

While setting goals and sticking to them can be challenging, Lemonis says as he's gotten older, he's gotten into the habit of only setting short - term and obtainable goals that he knows are within his reach.

Lawyers get the short end of the stick.

Long story short, skip the Coke and stick with one of these 12 Sodas that are Actually Healthy.

And, while in some cases, there's nothing wrong with a two - way street, when that's the only way you build your network, it's a sure thing that one day you'll wake up at the short end of the stick.

«A 1986 - style approach that promises upfront rate cuts to the wealthy is almost guaranteed to give middle - income earners the short end of the stick,» said Schumer, the third most senior Democrat in the Senate.

With usage limits low and woeful upload speeds, both individual Canadians and businesses are looking like they're going to once again get the short end of the stick when it comes to migrating to the cloud.

I mean, disaggregating that flyer and putting a hockey stick on Facebook, the green running shorts on Instagram and using all of the digital channels.

«Gold is stuck between $ 1,238 - $ 1,260 with the risk to skewed to downside based on rising expected interest rates and failure to break higher which has left it vulnerable to profit - taking in the short term,» said Ole Hansen, the head of commodity strategy at Saxo Bank.

There was a flurry of interest recently in a lawsuit launched by some Facebook shareholders, who apparently believe that they got the short end of the stick in the company's recent share restructuring.

Long story short, back when I was just an intern in NYC, I found myself stuck with no debit card, no credit card, no available bank, and worst of all, no food.

«Merchants are at the short end of the stick,» says Gartner analyst Avivah Litan.

What's more, the board would be trading a long - term approach with the 55 - year - old Green for the hope of a short - term fix from the 67 - year - old Harrison, who surely won't stick around for as long.

If you don't have a clue about who's in the game or the pool and what they're doing, the patsy at the party is most likely you (or it will be soon enough) and that's an unhappy and ultimately untenable situation that never ends well for the ones who end up with the short end of the stick.

«If you have been living with a stress - is - debilitating mindset (like most of us), you don't have to be stuck with it,» she declares, citing a portion of the study in which some participants were shown short videos guiding them to think more positively about stress.

However, after the company's profitable IPO, in which shareholders made millions, Sanders began to feel as though he got the short end of the stick.

The July policy document is packed with pie charts allegedly showing B.C. gets the short end of the stick.

Now growth has stalled, and Bechtel's revenues are essentially stuck at 2013 levels; in 2014, the last year it reported new bookings, it added just $ 18.4 billion in fresh contracts, short of the $ 27 billion average since 2004.

So if we can expect 3 more quarter - point hikes this year it would seem to make sense to stick to short - term CDs yielding around 2 % now and then look for a longer - term one at around 3.5 % at EOY, especially if one — I am in this camp — thinks that by EOY the odds of recession will have risen enough that further rate hikes in 2019 will be looking doubtful.

Most regular joes, though, end up with the short end of the stick.

Craft acknowledged Wynne's argument that the Canadian and U.S. economies are among the most closely «intertwined» in the world, but insisted that Americans are on «the short end of the stick» in many trade deals, including NAFTA.

However, the creditors still get the short end of the financial stick: the face value of the common stock to be received will almost certainly be less than the face value of the original debt.

Bitcoin is still stuck in a declining short - term trend, justifying a short - term sell signal, even as lots of altcoins are faring better.

Savers are getting the short end of the stick while it remains a borrower's paradise thanks to low inflation and the Federal Reserve's refusal to raise interest rates.

Ethereum is still stuck below the $ 700 level, inside the short - term consolidation pattern, although the coin retained its relative strength compared to Bitcoin, and that is a positive sign for the whole segment, as ETH has been the most important leader of the rally in the past three weeks.

«Short - sellers really only have two choices here at the start of 2017 — stick or switch,» says Chad Slater of Morphic Asset Management.

That profit has to come from somewhere, and since many of these firms are short - term traders, they're not making their money by doing the hard work of deciding which companies are deserving of capital and which aren't and sticking with those worthwhile companies as they grow.

Monero has been trading similarly to ETC in the last few days, being stuck below the short - term declining trendline and a volatility compression pattern following the strong moves of the last week.

It turned out to be the short end of the stick.

Twitter shareholders are painfully aware of the fact that Twitter has often come out with the short end of the stick competing...

Looking to grow, Brian took out a loan with a short - term lender — but was soon stuck in a cycle of expensive debt.

Thus the size of the total short physical position continues to stir controversy, with Gold Fields Minerals Services sticking to its estimate of 4000 to 5000 tonnes notwithstanding the mountain of research by the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee and its associates suggesting an amount two to three times as large.

Also, if a mutual fund is constantly buying and selling shares, the investor will face a lot of short - term capital gains, which will hurt them on their taxes.As investors, we want to stick to buy and hold strategies... so we would hope our mutual funds do the same.

In the short term, I would stick to promoting posts that have the best chance of adding value to your customers or bringing back targeted visitors to your site.

With Harper government cutbacks, unemployed workers have been getting the short end of several sticks for quite a while.

-LSB-...] «Short - termism and status quo are so widely practiced in the institutionalized world of investing that it's highly unlikely that investors would have the requisite patience to stick with someone like Keynes today» (awealthofcommonsense.com)-LSB-...]

Litecoin is still stuck below the $ 125 level and on a neutral short - term signal, as the coin lags the leaders of the current rally, despite its long - term relative strength.

The rate of value - added tax is the main sticking point to getting a deal, with Greece's proposed target for 2016 still some way short of creditor demands, the officials said.

Since so few other people take care to mind the concrete details of EQUAL treatment, it's usually left to those of us who would continually get the short end of the stick to point these things out.

In the Bible, it is the Godly men and women who always seem to be getting the short end of the stick.

If you work hard, if you are responsible with your money, if you are honest at work, it seems that you are the one who gets the short end of the stick.

It does seem like a fantastically stupid double standard for men to think and get emotional and still have the right to lead the Church but women get the short end of the stick.

I am not saying Muslims are flawless, but I can tell you Muslims here in America have gotten the short end of the stick, regardless of what we have done, everytime a couple of idiots tries to do something in the name of Islam.

Rita Rouner's poems and reflections, «A Short While toward the Sun,» on the death of her 19 - year - old son, shows images of the afterlife — very positive ones — emerging at the same time as the mourner - poet herself is stuck «in death,» in numbness and hopelessness.

I had a pound of cauliflower florets that I needed to use, so I tossed them with four small, smashed garlic cloves, a teaspoon of cinnamon, a half teaspoon olive oil, and three cinnamon sticks (short and fat).

If short on time then you can't beat a hunk of lovely soft brie and the crunchiest of French sticks.

Place one stick of the provolone across the short end on top of the stuffing and fold the short end over the top of it.

Stick short skewers into one end of each banana.

Let me tell you, short of sticking you butt in the refrigerator and sitting, arm drenched over the door, on a shelf — this horchata is a sure fire way to cool down.