Sentences with phrase «out of the sails of»

On the other side of the ledger, however, lower commodity prices are also helping to take the wind out of the sails of the Canadian dollar, which offers a potentially game - changing opportunity to sectors that have long suffered in the shadow of the resource boom.

The injury seemed to take the wind out of the sails of the match, as both clubs seemed more interested in putting in ball in the air and lumping it up the pitch rather than putting the ball on the floor and passing it around.

He said the UK would be a «powerful, liberal, humane and extraordinary force for good in the world» and he hoped that Brexit would «take the wind out of the sails of the extremists and those who would play politics with immigration».

This takes the wind out of the sails of the segment of the fitness industry that eschews cardio as a waste and at worst something that will kill you if you do it too much.

«That's good,» said Ted Andersen, my painting teacher, and then he proceeded to take the wind out of the sails of my high concept.

Union acquiescence may have taken the wind out of the sails of the reform effort, but it is now rejuvenated by the targeting of tenure itself through the courts in California.

The NHSC's ruling today takes some wind out of the sails of the Florida School Boards Association (FSBA), which is inexplicably suing the Sunshine State over its more - than - decade - old scholarship tax credit law, in a complaint that mirrors the legal reasoning of the NH petitioners.

The four percent limitation takes a lot of wind out of the sails of this for now.

Professional liability claims can take the wind out of the sails of anyone's legal career, but can be especially demoralizing for a new lawyer.

Say what you will of Hugo Barra, the man behind the Nexus devices at Google and now for many the face of Xiaomi, one thing that you can not deny is his knack of being able to do just the right thing at the right time, topped off with a dollop of charm that takes the winds out of the sails of the sternest interrogator.

Got ta love those retailers who are so eager for sales they'll take all the wind out of the sails of some of the largest tech companies on the planet.

Fortunes seemed to be on the rise until an unexpected crash occurred at the end of last year, taking the winds out of the sails of the cryptocurrency market.

Borrowers are reveling in a market where capital is both cheap and plentiful, and even an expected rise in interest rates is not likely to take the wind out of the sails of the current robust lending climate...

But stiff competition is taking some of the wind out of the sails of bank loan production...

This type of goodwill building would take the wind out of the sails of these frivolous CB suits launched after the fact otherwise the failure to do so gives the public the impression that the response is a reactionary and defensive measure of a rigid and self - protecting industry.

Eliminating the mortgage interest deduction on second home mortgages MIGHT take some of the wind out of sails of home price increases in areas with a lot of vacation homes.

Not exact matches

It wasn't all plain sailing for the moustache though; back home British citizens were looking on it as a sign of their boys «going native» and it was nearly stamped out completely.

The Eagle Ford crude oil tanker sails out of the the NuStar Energy dock at the Port of Corpus Christi in Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016.

Instead of heading to a watering hole afterwards, Price took a group of people out sailing around the San Francisco Bay, even though it was past midnight.

«Just because we made it out of the woods of Monday and then yesterday, doesn't mean it's going to be smooth sailing.»

Memorable bosses stand out because they are willing to take an unpopular stand, take an unpopular step, accept the discomfort of ignoring the status quo, and risk sailing uncharted waters.

On May 23, the Maersk Texas, a Danish freighter flying the U.S. flag, was sailing out of the Strait of Hormuz when it was attacked by pirates.

As for the legion of companies that produce things of questionable value, or that have amassed mountains of debt, they can expect the wind to go out of their sails pretty quickly.

So the wind may be coming out of the Chinese market's sails.

Starz chief exec Chris Albrecht, who ordered two seasons of the Capetown - based drama Black Sails before it had even aired, points out that the number of scripted dramas on TV has increased by 33 % since 2010.

«That takes wind out of your sails, but we felt we had to try.»

Therefore, I never let those words sail out of my mouth.

Google's balloons fly free and out of eyesight, scavenging power from card table - sized solar panels that dangle below and gather enough charge in four hours to power them for a day as the balloons sail around the globe on the prevailing winds.

Mild reviews for the iPhone 8 and talk of short lines for the product appear to have taken some wind out of the stock's sails.

Last week, an indication by the Fed that the central bank was not in a hurry to raise the ultra-low rates took the wind out of the greenback's sails.

Named for Halloween, Carbone's favorite holiday, the company scares the bejesus out of willing customers at interactive events, including the Haunted Hayride (a tractor - drawn trek through the abandoned Griffith Park Zoo) and Ghost Ship (which sails out on short horror cruises).

The PBoC's public probe has already taken the wind out of bitcoin's sails, pushing the currency back below $ 1,000.

Benjamin had the momentum until one sequence knocked the wind out of the Buccaneers» sails.

Carnival said it would resume sailings out of Miami on Wednesday.

It knocked some of the wind out of its sails after more than doubling from 1982 - 1986.

Interestingly, the wind began to go out of the Emergent sails for me at that very visit to SP, in the way that communion was served.

But when the only work Fly could find was as a Wall Street scrivener, scratching out copies of endless legal documents, Melville fled, joining a whaler sailing for the Pacific on January 3, 1841.

If a mother can be arrested for leaving her child in a car, never out of her sight, for three minutes on a freezing day while her other children put money in a Salvation Army bucket — well, if someone were to write a story, now, about children allowed to sail and camp alone for an entire summer, and stay out all night on the water, those children would have to possess supernatural powers or inhabit another planet, and the story would be labeled «fantasy.»

All post-Islamic sects sought to counter Islam by seeking to take the wind out of Islamic sails by themselves making the same challenge.

Rightly understood, then, it takes a lot of the wind out of the sails for the Calvinist and the underpinnings of his system.

Such a person must certainly remain in double - mindedness, upon the inland lake of double - mindedness, busy with trivialities, if, instead of charting a course out of all this delaying by means of the will to the Good, he only sails with the speed of the hindrance.

But if He wasn't fully human, doesn't that kind of take the wind out of His sacrificial sail?

To gain some perspective on the impact humanity has on the Universe at large, sail out into the middle of the ocean.

It's true and it took time, a lot of Holy - Spirit - breathed - miracle - wind moving me out and along and a lot of me setting up the sails in anticipation of this very wind blowing someday.

Herodotus tells us that the coastal Ionian city of Phocaea, faced with the likelihood of conquest by the Persians, up and left, packing «even the images of their gods,» sailing out eventually to found a new city at Rhegium in Italy.

How I furled the sail I don't know, but I sang at the utmost pitch of my voice praises to God that went pealing out over the dark waste of waters.»

when you go and talk all nice and what not it really takes the wind out of my crazy sails.

He encouraged me to follow my conscience and not trim my sails for fear of being singled out.

In any event, you admit to being an idiot, awesome, that basically takes all the air out of your sails now don't it?

The first vessel used was a ship out of Adramyttium, a port on the northwest coast near Troas, which was sailing back from the south and stopped to pick up passengers at Caesarea.