Sentences with phrase «poke himself in the eye with»

The typical performance review system doesn't work because you're demotivating half your population, poking them in the eye with a sharp stick.»

«At a time when, if Bob Lighthizer had his way, he'd be doing radical reform of the W.T.O., it seems weird to poke him in the eye with a case like this,» Mr. Tucker said.

Even if you only sort of tap dance to work that is better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.

For many of the past year, the school food service has been POKED in the eye with bad labels: «School Food Service Causes Childhood Obesity» Really?

It's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.

I hate Benefit's They're Real mascara because it is impossible to remove and I always poke myself in the eye with the wand (and they use plastic bristles so it really hurts).

(Don't worry, I did not poke myself in the eye with that mascara wand!)

Since her adventures in 1996, online dating has become the best way to find love, certainly for anyone over the age of 25 with typical British social skills - that is, they'd rather poke themselves in the eye with a dirty stick than approach an attractive stranger on the train.

Most won't be huge, but as we like to say about small victories around here, «better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.»

Some people wanted Apple to give Amazon a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.

Your life has not ended, you are not on fire, and nobody poked you in the eye with a sharp stick.

Renting a car instead may seem tempting, but driving — especially parking — in the town is as much fun as a poke in the eye with a sharp ski.

Because Roy Spencer would rather poke himself in the eye with a sharp stick than break one of the ten commandments.

The limits could be higher, but it's better than getting poked in the eye with a stick.

Not exact matches

So yes, this moment, the one in the picture there, is saving me, when she smells like sunscreen and pool water, her eyes so heavy with taking in the sunshine, and she's warm with the exhaustion of a good day, soft baby curls to poke my finger through, wearing her golden hair like a ring.

Clearly it's all a big joke, a poke in the eye of those repressed types who wouldn't want to talk about sadomasochism with their grandparents around the game table.

And I am certainly not walking around this country poking at the specks in other people's eyes, while refusing to deal with my own shortcoming.

But for the most part, the author admits the evils embedded in Greek civilization, among which one can easily name the constricted life of most women, the demagoguery of so many politicians, and worst of all the degradation of the slave's life (he quotes the medical writer Galen who once saw an owner poke his slave's eye out with a reed pen).

Bray won with a poke in the eye that gave him the opportunity to put Seth Rollins away, and like Wyatt's promos, this feud is set to just keep going.

Even in defeat, as rare as those occurences have been, Bolton have been pleasing on the eye and were even unfortunate; a red card to influential and much sought after centre - half Gary Cahill scuppering their chances of grounding a point out of their away contest with Arsenal when the score was level at 1 - 1, while they had several penalty appeals turned down before seeing Maxi Rodriguez toe - poke one underneath Jussi as Bolton suffered their second undeserved defeat of the season.

There's much less chance of me poking them in the eye and even lesser chance that they end up with sunscreen in their mouths.

As a result of a baby's natural curiosity, cuts on your baby's face and skin will be something you will have to deal with every day and who knows if she might decide to poke her fingers in her eyes as she tries to rub them.

In a very real sense these brave children with hemophilia or severe allergies or diabetes or cancer, and their brave parents, are reality - checks to the rest of us and our media - inflamed fears of boogy men, eyes getting poked out, and heads being split open.

Nursing them together is a terrific way to get a worry - free 20 - minute power - nap, but can also backfire and result in T - Bird's numerous attempts to unlatch the baby, to poke him the eye, to cover his face with a blanket, to elbow him... fun times.

I imagine nearly every Tory in the country will agree with the substance of David Cameron's speech and every Liberal Democrat activist will be glad to see the Business Secretary poking the Prime Minister in the eye.

To me it seemed that the brain whose owner has just poked a finger in his eye should register something else, like a grievance with its union.

I've been blessed with amazing eyesight, so I haven't had to wear glasses (I wouldn't be able to poke myself in the eye for contacts...) Your glasses match your outfit so well!

I hate super large brushes that are hard to use or ones with tiny bristles that poke me in the eye!

New York City About Blog This is a blog by a bitchy waiter in New York City who blogs to keep from poking customers in the eyes with forks.

The long - suffering matriarch has been trying to get the Stooges adopted for years with no success, presumably because they're wont to poke each other in the eye in front of prospective parents.

For horrifying sights, some familiar devices: a man in a gunny sack with holes poked through it for eyes and ears, and two females disguised with plastic masquerade doll's faces, employed as always to scare the bejesus out of us, the way clowns can frighten young children.

The entire in - flight assault on uncle Adolph is done to the tune of «Song of the Volga Boatman» (with smooth jazzy vibes), and a version of «Dark Eyes» focuses on a gremlin who tries real hard to jump high enough so the tack on his head will poke Adolph square in the ass, and another who smashes dashboard dials with a giant mallet, pausing briefly to tell the audience «I'm only tree and a half years old!»

He's a gangling, more elastic version of his parents and siblings, with a blocky head, outsize eyes and teeth, nostrils that look as if someone poked a little finger into plasticene, and a sleek, rubbery exterior — as designed specifically to be easily reproduced in toy form.

It's of course even worse for right - hand drive cars, in that most people will be poking at glass with their non-dominant hand - meaning they have to take their eyes off the road to do so.

In Dresden he had once seen a man's eye poked out with an umbrella.

I will, however, start off with one Bookscan number that is so far off the mark that anyone can see it's just wonky, and I don't think I'm poking my publisher in the eye by doing this.

Even though bookstores were excluded, did Amazon really need to take such an over-the-top approach and poke brick - and - mortars in the eye with the price check incentives on December 9th?

But in my opinion, there should be room for both: the authors who want to get out there and run a business and handsell their books, and the authors who would rather poke out their eyes with sharp sticks.

With all those eyes on it, the policy memo was still so poorly done a four - year - old child could poke holes in it.

With a history of violations including: dogs with open wounds, bent and broken wires poking into kennels, dogs with eye issues, rusty kennels, floors eroding in kennWith a history of violations including: dogs with open wounds, bent and broken wires poking into kennels, dogs with eye issues, rusty kennels, floors eroding in kennwith open wounds, bent and broken wires poking into kennels, dogs with eye issues, rusty kennels, floors eroding in kennwith eye issues, rusty kennels, floors eroding in kennels.

The bear, called Sneak, possibly poked herself in the eye while playing with a stick on Monday.

New York City About Blog This is a blog by a bitchy waiter in New York City who blogs to keep from poking customers in the eyes with forks.

There are loads of comedic references to other games, and the cheerful pixel art style and chirpy 8 - bit audio imbue it with a sense of nostalgia - this is a celebration of classic gaming rather than a bitter poke in the eye at more modern gaming.

And maybe it was because I had recently heard the term «Louise Nevelson», about Aspen, that when I saw the Leonardo Drew, Number 150 (2011), it reminded me without cease of Louise Nevelson's Cascade, except with too much of a poke - in - the - eye refusal of negative space.

Conversely would poking someone in the eye with a sharp stick make them more adverse to your position on a given topic?

What I really don't understand is why they they put their future integrity on the line by sticking fingers in their ears after poking out their eyes and continually ignore the evidence that some of their advisers have been economical with the truth.

He was poking me in my eyes, full on with his thumb and fingers.