Sentences with phrase «poke in the eye»

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

«I wanted him to look in the mirror, not poke him in the eye.»

«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.

And in a thinly veiled poke in the eye of the FairSearch anti-Google brigade which convened in the autumn of 2010 in the wake of the ITA acquisition, Schmidt highlight that many of its members still account for a huge percentage of the online travel market in the US.

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

When I saw today's cartoon, I didn't assume you to be the one in the armor — on the contrary, I interpreted is as your poke in the eye of the whole «defending the faith» mindset.

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.

Well, poke me in the eye, I must have been totally derailed by the interlopers in my kitchen, because I had forgotten to put the tomatoes in the salad.

«One, because of the quality of the player, and two because it would be a poke in the eye for Arsene Wenger.

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.

Two years ago he was so enraged by a late hit Winters had laid on him that he went after the Packers center and poked him in the eye.

If anybody claims that the MSU regular season title has «less» value because of the scheduling should be poked in the eye.

We all know that after an hour of him poking me in the eye asking if I am still up... I am not going to be ready for wine!

It's right at the level where your baby will crack his or her head (or get poked in the eye).

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.

But if you don't like it that's fine, don't use it and if they do prove to be evil and do take over the world and destroy all the flowers then you'll be well within your rights to hunt us down and poke us in the eye

Two moms took a hard pass on that and teamed up to create Boogie Wipes, which contain saline to help break up and clear mucus, without the risk of anyone getting poked in the eye.

The reason I wanted to poke him in the eye is because that coffee actually stained one of my freshly painted PRETTY WHITE cabinet doors.

You am more likely be a) pinned to the bed b) elbowed c) have your windpipe cut off as they go for the target d) poked in the eye by whatever toy they won't let go of.

When I decided to co-sleep, I discovered that, in reality, co-sleeping is more like trying to sleep while a drunk octopus pees on you and pokes you in the eye.

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?

The tables have turned now; I am now worried about him poking her in the eye and saying, «eye.»

When, in our view, they get it wrong, I'll be the first to poke them in the eye.»

Andrew overplayed his hand enough that in Tuesday's primary, upstate Democrats poked him in the eye, but he still prevailed by plenty.

And then, like a poke in the eye, there's electric blue, the sort of color you'd see on a marching band uniform or a high school prom dress.

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

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!

Avoid poking yourself in the eyes.

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!)

I'm also loving L'Oreal Telescopic mascara because although my lashes could use some thickening, I really can't stand drugstore thickening mascaras because they come in huge fat tubes containing huge fat wands ending in a big fat stumpy - bristled brush and I always manage to gob mascara onto my face or poke myself in the eye.

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

The bristles are plastic and the brush is gigantic (two features I usually hate in mascaras) but it's very easy to use without poking myself in the eye.

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.

Cartoonish sight gags about being hit in the head and poked in the eyes are better in small doses before it starts becoming repetitive.

This recent outing may not be as mind - numbingly awful as last year's A Million Ways to Die in the West, but that's basically the equivalent of saying getting kicked in the shin isn't as bad as getting poked in the eye.

The sprinkling of humor sometimes keeps the movie grounded in its roots, but when it branches out it pokes you in the eye rather than enlightens.

The form itself is a poke in the eye for Victorian values: The plots and songs uphold the conventional while making it seem clearly mad.

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.

Someone needs to poke her in the eye.

Well, Seth has poked me in the eye, because my library is not allowed to buy the Kindle ebook and loan it out.

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.

I better close my eyes tight, too, — last time I looked up, I got poked in the eye.

The cornea is the glass ball in the front of the eye so if I poked you in the eye, I'd be touching your cornea.

(You don't like it when hair pokes in your eyes, do you?

While one dog will allow a child to poke him in the eye and pull his lips and ride on his back, others will object.

After all, would you let someone keep poking you in the eye or pulling your ear without doing anything?

She once got poked in the eye.