Sentences with phrase «old phrase»

Tired old phrases like «guru» and «results - driven» tell them nothing that hasn't been said a dozen times.
There is an age old phrase of «sleep when the baby sleeps,» and this is very good advice.
Even more, stop adding such old phrase like «references upon request».
Just FYI, I'm well enough educated that I do not need an urban dictionary definition of a commonly quoted, centuries old phrase.
Imagine how the wrong posters, the meaningless displays, or the same old, same old phrases were posted.
I've always held such fondness for that sweet old phrase.
The age old phrase «practice makes perfect» applies to just about everything — even nailing a job interview.
Modesty and tired old phrases are sure to get you overlooked.
I have heard the old phrase, «Strangers are friends you haven't met.»
It is useful to point out that U.S. policy is also self - serving (an older phrase for self - serving is «the national interest»), as well as serving the interests of many others.
TO modify an old phrase — verbal fences create good neighbors.
The old phrase «driven to drink» can be accurately applied to him.
An old phrase used to describe it is, «This our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving.»
It's an old phrase we should refrain from saying as there are some foods and ingredients in foods that should never be eaten... ever.
But to coin the old phrase, to win the competition you are going to have to face the big boys at some stage during the competition.
Every time the Germany international had failed to score, provide an assist, lost the ball or a tackle or anything, the old phrase about him being a # 40 million pound plus player.
The old phrase «creative accounting» comes to mind.
I have found in my years of coaching and mentoring youth that old phrase «idle hands are the devil's handiwork» comes into play.
Anyone who's ever repeated that old phrase about «not crying over spilled milk,» has obviously never had only twelve minutes to pump, pack up, and be presentable again.
To coin an old phrase it was «for our eyes only».
Cartoonist Martin Rowson reworks a classic an old phrase to describe the furore over The New Yorker's 21 July front cover.
But in an era when, to flip an old phrase, all politics is national, these low - profile, low - turnout elections might have a lot more to say about the direction of the country than may have been the case just a few years ago.
In the old phrase, the Lib Dems need a «record of action, and the promise of more».
There is something to the old phrase, «If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is»!
Remember the old phrase, «don't knock it till you try it.»
A final point I'd like to make borrows an old phrase: Rome wasn't built in a day.
You've heard the old phrase, «honesty is the best policy».
What's that old phrase?
The old phrase «there is no replacement for displacement» has met its match in today's aftermarket performance world.
Have you ever seen a car come this close to being a literal example of the old phrase «cornering on its door handles»?
Twist an old phrase (Dr. Suess's You're Only Old Once.).
The statistics bear the old phrase out — the typical divorce happens in the eighth year of marriage, which means things likely got particularly rough in year seven.
Trading on lagging indicators is one of the clearest examples of the old phrase «hindsight is 20/20,» wherein you recognize the decision that should have been made well after the situation has passed.
The old phrase «education is the key» may not apply to investigating cases of animal abuse or neglect.
Ignore the old phrase, «You can't teach an old dog new tricks» — it is not true.
If you think I hate it and that my viewpoint is ridiculous, I have an old phrase about assumptions and what they make you that I can share.
Turn 10 studios must have had the old phrase «there's something for everyone» in mind when they were constructing the vehicle list of
The folks over at Forza's Turn 10 studios must have had the old phrase «there's something for everyone» in mind when they were constructing the vehicle list of Forza Motorsport 7.
There's that old phrase, «stupid as a painter.»
To borrow an old phrase, we will trust but we will verify.
There's the old phrase that say that his money isn't worth the paper it's printed upon; in this case I would say that his paper is not worth the paper it is printed upon.
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