Sentences with phrase «poke in the eye of»

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.

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.

For over sixty years MAD has been introducing some of the most outrageous draftsmen to generations of young people hungry for absurd humor, extraordinary art and a poke in the eye of complacency.

Not exact matches

«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.

And the world can watch us poke each other in the eye and think, «Glad I'm not one of them.»

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.

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).

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

The Nationals were pursuing Yoenis Cespedes, which would have served a dual purpose of making their lineup stronger and poking the Mets 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.

And if they're losing, Mourinho will poke an opposing assistant coach in the eye, he'll complain about a cow sitting in the middle of the field, he'll call another manager fat, or he'll suggest that Arsène Wenger is a pervert.

The first recipient of the boons of this revolutionary technique was Barcelona's deputy coach Vilanova who gladly offered his eye to be poked around, in the name of medicine.

Late in the first - half, Franck Ribery, was clearly seen to poke his finger in the eye of Gonzalo Castro.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

Had Snowden been a kidnapper or a pedophile or common criminal (the far more common case of extradition) then Snowden's options would be far more limited — but in this case, having such a safe way to poke Uncle Sam in the eye is a useful win - win for both Snowden and Correa.

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.

Being Gallo, he couldn't resist poking the Common Council in the eye for playing partisan politics, using his newly acquired munificence as an example of the righteous path.

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.

When the researchers poked tiny electrodes into the shrimps» eyes and directed circularly polarized light onto them, they found that the same cells responded in different ways, at times recognizing the properties of circularly polarized light.

What I've found works best is to drain the coconut by poking a hole in one of the two «eyes» of the coconut then smashing the «chin» (the triangular shaped base) of the coconut against the concrete and it will split right open.

Either drill holes in the eyes of the coconut or use a knife to poke a hole in the eyes of the coconut.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In it, Peter (voice of James Corden) pokes the eye of his recently deceased nemesis Old Mr. McGregor (Sam Neill) to make sure he's dead before casually walking away.

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 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.

«This is definitely a case of poking the teachers union in the eye,» said Michael Petrilli, vice president at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a Washington - based education think tank.

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.

It is immaterial whether in real life the Queen is an avid reader or not (one is told she's not)- her perceived character is merely the foil through which Bennett can poke some heartfelt fun and take the reader on a Queen's - eye whistle - stop tour through the best and worst of English literature.

The thought of getting «business - ed up» makes me want to poke my eyes out, but then I remember the letters of Flannery O'Connor in The Habit of Being.

However, patients requiring diagnosis of an oral swelling often require sedation or anesthesia due to the challenges of obtaining a fine - needle aspirate in the conscious patient, and concerns for patient movement causing the needle to poke an undesired structure, such as 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.

No one will bat at eye at the dog snoring under your feet or poking his nose over the edge of the picnic tables in the outdoor beer garden / patio at this Mission district brewery.

After diagnosing an ulcer, and in some cases addressing the underlying cause (for instance, a piece of grass or stray hair poking the eye), your veterinarian will use different medications depending on how deep the scratch is.

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 kennels.

Originally created for the Wii U version of the game, this flying, little green critter zooms across the screen to do things that Rayman and crew can't, like cutting ropes to make new platforms, tickling enemies to expose their weakpoints, poking large foes in the eye to make them retreat, and more.

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