Sentences with phrase «pulled out of a hat»

But a first read of the new draft (and, notably, it's still being called a «draft») and a number of skeptical lawmaker statements suggests this is one legislative rabbit that political wizard Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell could have trouble pulling out of his hat.

Roubini said that unlike in 2008 when central banks had «policy bullets» to stimulate the global economy, this time around policymakers are «running out of rabbits to pull out of the hat,» according to CNBC.

for example i don't draw a line between sacred and secular, etc... so these are just habitual categories that i pulled out of a hat to make a point.

Finally Arsenal got a bit of luck in a draw for a cup competition, following regular groans every time our name was pulled out of the hat.

The draw for the third round of this year's FA Cup has been made in Hull, with a number of eye - catching ties having been pulled out of the hat for the ties that will be played in the first weekend of January.

Having clashed so often, it could just be that these two have little new to pull out of the hat to edge a game this big.

Transfers are not magic that you pull out of the hat like that, have you thought probably Wenger planned that we get beaten like that so he could tie the boards hand to spend???

Maybe the Golden Eagles have a trick or three to pull out of their hats.

Equipped in every department with world - class calibre, Bayern always seemed to have a rabbit to pull out of the hat: a vital save from goalkeeper Manuel Neuer; the electrifying overlapping of full - backs Philipp Lahm and David Alaba; or Brazilian centre - back Dante galvanising his colleagues by word or deed.

That sequence of games includes that huge 2 - 1 result that they pulled out of their hats at the Emirates against Arsenal recently.

We get it — there are days when you're at your wit's end, and no matter what disciplinary magic tricks you pull out of your hat, your little one refuses to behave.

Another magic costume: this white bunny is being worn in a front carrier by magician mama, but it appears that she's being pulled out of a hat.

-LSB-...] she's being pulled out of a hat.

I wish I had a great story to tell about it but I pulled it out of a hat really.

Perkins commented: «It was shocking to hear that many staff have been selected for transfer by having their names pulled out of a hat.

I am rountinely appalled at how acccepting reporters are of whatever numbers Cuomo pulls out of a hat... or his butt.

The superintendent said he sees «the cliff approaching, and this time it's approaching faster, and I have no more rabbits to pull out of my hat.»

Has Brown any rabbits to pull out of the hat?

And the rabbit Bondi then pulls out of the hat, from his combination of Galileo's principle, special relativity and the gravitational red shift, is that the resulting theory only works in curved space - time — that is, the geometry of the Universe is non-Euclidean.

It is not something I pulled out of a hat that may or may not work.

Or will Benedict Cumberbatch be the proverbial rabbit they pull out of their hat?

Still, it's a fun trick for Shyamalan to pull out of his hat and it pays off in spades.

«I have no doubt that this partnership will make Mission Grove one of those schools where technology isn't just something you pull out of a hat to occupy students... it's used to really enhance the learning and move it forward.»

But whereas the remainder of Infiniti's techno tricks are gizmo driver aids, the BMW has one last go - fast rabbit to pull out of its hat: Dynamic Performance Control.

And these so called top ten authors whose names Amazon seems to have pulled out of a hat?

• We could hardly believe that the topic of Pulitzer Prize - winning Washington Post columnist Gene Weingarten's next book, due in 2015, was actually pulled out of a hat.

If you see the magic bunny that could be pulled out of the hat please let me know!

I think the villains are rabbits because there is a strong focus on hats, and this would be a refrence to the magic trick where rabbits are pulled out of hats.

What a curious curate's egg Tate Liverpool has pulled out of its hat with Alice in Wonderland.

Buried up to their ears, I'm thinking, ready for me to pull them out of a hat.

We hear they've got something special up their sleeve for this TreeHugger classic; we'll all just have to show up to see what Adapt might pull out of their hat to improve this chair.

Or did you just pull them out of your hat?

«I think that the major implication of that will be that we hand young people a climate system where it's not possible to avoid a large sea level rise,» said Hansen, who went on to slam the two - degree target agreed upon at the 2009 Copenhagen talks as being «pulled out of a hat.»

For some time now, Apple has faced questions about its growth and what rabbits it can pull out of its hat next, especially as rivals including Google, Facebook and Amazon appear to have gotten the jump on it with emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, virtual reality and augmented reality.

Of all the exceedingly solid mid-range offerings on the market, it always remained at the top of my list for recommendations, and I was eager to see what Moto would pull out of its hat for the second generation.

When you write a generalized cover letter, you give the impression that you have distributed your resume and cover letter indiscriminately, to ten other organizations that you pulled out of a hat!

This is not a number pulled out of a hat.

Scripts are simply heuristics to be pulled out of the hat at the drop of the hat, requiring little forethought re their insertions into the pigeon hole slots (I mean people's brains) before them.

Most all of the pricing appears to be full retail and I agree with J. Also, regarding the % of returns, that too appears to be pulled out of some hat by someone and I assume not from @William Bannister but quoted from something he found.

Grand Designs pulled us out of a hat of «ones to watch» and did this feature on our founder, Daniel Fairburn, at the same time featuring our super cute Briggs adjustable stool

I can't wait to see what paint colors you pull out of your hat for your new home.

Not exact matches

James L. Nederlander, president of American theatre's storied Nederlander Organization, adds, «I've known Michael for 20 years, and if there's anybody capable of pulling a rabbit out of the hat, it's him.»

Most recently, Jobs pulled another rabbit out of his hat with the iPad, a device that he called «magical» and which is now doing much to drive computing toward a post-PC reality.

Still, Musk also seems to find a way to pull a rabbit out of his hat when he needs it most.

It's been a long haul these last few years and I wasn't reaching them, and we just figured it was probably a good night to pull a trick out of the hat and do something different.»

We throw good money after bad, praying that we'll pull a rabbit out of a hat.

Just when you think it's down, Zuckerberg pulls another rabbit out of his hat.

You're wearing all the hats, or you're just ready to pull yourself out of the day - to - day so you can focus on the bigger vision for your business.

Flaherty to pull a lot of «white surplus rabbits» out of his «Finance Magician Hat» in both the 2014 and 2015 budgets.

In his first budget last April, Finance Magician Joe Oliver pulled a handful of rabbits out of his hat to achieve the long - promised balanced budget in 2015 - 16.