Sentences with phrase «pointed stick at»

They pointed the stick at the «king,» fire came out of the stick, and the king dropped dead.)

Not only were audiences treated to The Room, but the gang pre-gamed with a black and white children's safety film, «Live and Learn» that featured more lessons than you can shake a dangerous pointed stick at.

Not exact matches

«At this point, you're virtually owned by the corporations» that won't stick by musicians like the old days.

The price will inevitably be a sticking point for many consumers, since it can be cheaper — at least over the short term — to hire human cleaners to do the vacuuming.

«The fact that they stuck with the three rate - hike forecast sends a signal that at this point they're not ready to adopt a potentially more aggressive stance that a number of people have been talking about for next year,» said Craig Bishop, lead strategist for U.S. fixed income at RBC Wealth Management.

I was so cold at one point that I felt like someone who was drowning — that moment where you're in and out of consciousness and stuck in lala land.

Most businesses get stuck at a growth inflection point, requiring knowledgeable managers who can push growth to the next level.

South Korea has said Kim may be willing to compromise on this traditional sticking point, but no new details were announced at the summit.

If you're still stuck without a domain at this point, it's time to get creative.

However, the Hollywood businessman makes a point to stop work every day at 6:30 p.m. by sticking to a strict routine.

The Amazon Fire TV Stick was rated by six of the above sources (including us), for instance, so its total review score at this point in the process was divided by six.

The sticking point, though, is that combined RRSP and TFSA room isn't unlimited — it maxes out at about $ 37,000 a year for an individual making about $ 150,000.

According to work by the British government's Behavioural Insights Team, Canada is at a tipping point; we're not yet stuck in the mire, but we aren't safely clear of it, either.

The report points out that, although 68 % of billionaires hold at least a four - year degree, a sheepskin «is not a prerequisite to then go on and amass a billion - dollar fortune,» since one in three billionaires either never went to college at all or didn't stick around to finish.

«They wouldn't commit, and it was a sticking point,» said Max Bergmann, a former special assistant to the undersecretary of state for arms control and international security at the time those negotiations occurred.

At this point it seems they'd been stuck in the Moscow airport for several hours, waiting for any news about how or when they'd be getting home.

She suggests sticking with funds that have expense ratios below 1 percent, and preferably below 0.5 percent, as well as steering clear of so - called «load» funds, which charge extra at the point of sale.

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.

One of his views that always stuck with me on that subject, at least as a starting point for thinking about it, was that it was somewhat nonsensical to talk about what «equilibrium exchange rates» should be in a world of fiat currencies and fractional reserve banking.

But I also think we'll stick at this low point for a long time.

@ Chris At this point in my life I am comfortable with my current conclusions and, barring any new earth shattering evidence or sound deliberation, I will stick to this and focus my time and energy on other disciplines and studies.

Yes, each one of us is stuck with the one we've got (at this point in time), but we can re-create it, fashioning it into an expression of the identity we prefer.

The monk hesitated, thinking the matter over, at which point Rinzai released him, saying, «The true person of no status, what a dried - up manure - stick he is,» and then returned to his chamber.

«The god thing» was a sticking point for many of them, sure, but isn't it a sticking point for many believers too, at one point or another?

We Americans, at this point, will be spared the pain the post-Christian and post-democratic Europeans will experience when they're stuck with weaning themselves off entitlements they've become very used to and can no longer afford.

Only if you want to start at the point where humans were created in order to rub the sticks or gaze at the moon.

At first, the culture was a major sticking point for me.

This he continued until his hands and arms had become almost tremulous with the strain, and then he devised something else: two leather gloves; and he caused a brazier to fit them all over with sharp - pointed brass tacks, and he used to put them on at night, in order that if he should try while asleep to throw off the hair undergarment, or relieve himself from the gnawings of the vile insects, the tacks might then stick into his body.

So, for those of you delighted to think Jesus is just another guy, you just stick with that at this point, ok?

From the point of view of dual - aspect monism, these realities exist at the extreme mental pole of the complementary duality involved, just as sticks and stones exist at the far physical pole.

At one point in his ministry he would stick around after worship for an hour to take questions.

One of them held the heart of Jan Hus in the fire at the end of a pointed stick.

At this point the dough probably won't stick together on it's own, so add in 2 - 3 tablespoons of water and process a little more to make the dough stickier.

We're likely going to be making this again at some point in our meal - prepping gatherings, so stay tuned, but in the meantime, read on to find out what we stuck in our DIY Instant Noodles!

The house smelled heavenly at this point and I was tempted to skip making the bread and just pour that over ice - cream... but since I had already measure everything else out I stuck with it: — RRB - Needless to say best banana bread ever: — RRB - Thanks for recipe and ideas!

i think in my teen years it was a practical approach to making the squash not stick to the pan, and i must have not yet thought of parchment at that point!

At this point, stick your popsicle sticks into the molds, through the vanilla layer, stopping when you hit the top of the chocolate.

These cookies are slice - and - bake, which is pretty awesome because it means you can just stick 1 of the 2 logs in the freezer to keep indefinitely, if you don't need 40 + cookies around at a time (um, I usually do, but that's beside the point).

(If cooking on parchment, remove it at this point or it will burn and stick to the pizza.)

Pull up on the popsicle stick and it should easily come up from the mold at this point.

At this point you want to place your craft sticks in the molds.

At this point, you'll want to include the popsicle sticks in the molds.

You should be able to shape mixture into small patties at this point, if not dust a bit more cassava flour on top and mix into mixture until it's a shape - able consistency and isn't sticking to your hands.

They WILL stick until they are browned, at which point they will loosen.

(The tofu will stick until it is browned, at which point it will loosen from the skillet, so don't try to move or flip the tofu pieces too early.)

Although the gift exchange is fuzzy and I remember confetti being stuck to my head at some point, it was definitely a Christmas celebration for the books!

Kneading Tip: If your dough feels super sticky you may knead it first in your hands by just smooshing it then pulling and twisting until it becomes less sticky and then completing the kneading with the heel of your hands on the countertop at the point when it doesn't stick to the counter.

Her biggest sticking point is no soaking and I imagine a lot of you are in the same boat with that - when you're trying to figure out dinner at 5PM, it's frustrating to read a recipe that calls for ingredients to be soaked ahead of time.

Put hot drained vegetables in a large bowl and use a stick blender to chop and blend the onions carrots and squash until they are the consistency of coarse baby food (in fact, if you have a baby, take some out at this point and reserve for baby).

Everyone needs to be able to stick a warm, fresh - from - the - oven, scone into their faces at some point in their lives.