Sentences with phrase «punch in the gut»

Male mosquitoes took a particular punch in the gut.

I wanted at least one or two scenes where I felt an emotional punch in the gut but never got it.

This dark, bleak assault of a film is a absolute punch in the gut.

The low punch in the gut every time you look at what your savings account balance actually earned throughout the month or year.

The decline of prices starting in August and the Trump election was a one - two punch in the gut for gold stocks.

It was like getting punched in the guts with every rep!

I remember waking up that morning and feeling like I had been punched in the gut when I checked the big headlines on Facebook.

She presents unflinching social analysis through an unabashedly personal lens; it disarms viewers with one hand while punching them in the gut with the other.

«Two tips that helped me tremendously included thinking about getting sucker punched in the gut, and also pretend you're holding a coin between your butt cheeks,» he wrote.

This news sent some shockwaves to points enthusiasts but the real punch in the gut just happened when another (credible) rumor surfaced that Chase decided to apply this rule to ALL of its cards, even the co-branded cards like the Southwest, British Airways, United, etc..

She has completely recovered now except for a little extra clinginess and a refusal to sleep in her own room, but I am still feeling punched in the gut by the whole experience.

I LOVE magnesium... it has taken me a while to find the right magnesium that doesn't punch me in the gut but now that I've got the right one, I'm in period heaven!

So that he can get punched in the gut without issue.

To be quite frank, it is insulting and a true punch in the gut that grows less tolerable over time.

It's like if you had to brace your abs against someone punching you in the gut.

Entertaining, with an ending that truly punches you in the gut.

Not exactly the feel good movie of the year, but sometimes it's enjoyable to watch a movie that looks beautiful, has solid performances and punches you in the gut over and over.

Land of Mine punches you in the gut repeatedly, although at least it isn't as relentlessly bleak and zoned - in as last year's Foreign Language winner, the Hungarian Holocaust drama Son of Saul.

Created by John Ridley, Oscar - winning screenwriter of 12 Years a Slave, and anchored by a talented cast that includes Regina King, Felicity Huffman, and Timothy Hutton, this series is a raw punch in the gut.

Against all odds, this sequel, «Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan» (1982) would prove to be a critical and commercial hit and the scene in which Spock gives his life to save the crew of the Enterprise would prove to be a devastating punch in the gut at the end of its hugely entertaining story — the power of Spock's final moments with his friend Kirk were such that even those who had never seen «Star Trek» before were moved by it.

They tickle their audiences under the chin and then punch us in the gut.

I haven't seen the longer version (the Playlist correspondent who wrote the review of the TIFF cut is in Cannes, and will be writing on the differences between the two soon), so it's hard to say if I would have responded to that any differently, but for all of the excellent qualities displayed in the acting and filmmaking, it never quite punched me in the gut in the way I wanted it to.

While the debate rages on about whether or not North Carolina's General Assembly actually dealt public education a financial punch in the gut with the 2013 - 15 budget, NC Policy Watch is keeping a running tally of education funding cuts that local school districts are coping with as they open up for the 2013 - 14 academic year.

Sequestrations's dire impact is one more punch in the gut to communities who've been struggling.

The Creation Suite is always where I spent most of my time in this game and seeing all of these great features being removed was a huge punch in the gut.

This is the ultimate punch in the gut.

Dead Island is the kind of game that mercilessly punches you in the gut with one hand and gives you a slice of birthday cake with the other.

But I've also had a sneaking suspicion that they could really punch us all in the gut and have a September release!

I can just imagine you hauling back and giving that Santa a big punch in the gut.

I wanted to be hit by it, punched in the gut when I finally saw for myself what a stomach full of plastic does to these birds.

Steinhafel likened being informed of the breach one Sunday morning to «a real punch in the gut,» but insisted that regaining consumer confidence was of primary concern.

As much as I love beautiful goals being scored — and Juventus most definitely had a couple of those on Saturday — seeing this team continue to make self - inflicted mistakes in defense is just like constantly being punched in the gut by one of your best friends.

Tapping a monster to catch it would result in nothing but an error screen — a particular punch in the gut to many a player who traveled far in hopes of completing their Pokedex, as the park was set to spawn some of the game's rarest monsters.

There are also enemy rats that puke after getting punched in the gut, and in one stage, you can even find some rats using the toilet in the background (complete with sound effects).

I'm forced to eat healthy otherwise I'm getting punched in the head with seizures or punched in the gut with pain from gluten.

Amazon's $ 13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods was also a punch in the gut, with some investors worrying that the e-commerce titan's push into grocery could make it much harder for Blue Apron to grow.

«It was a punch in the gut,» he recalls.

It left me feeling depressed and feeling as if I had been punched in the gut.

Buried beneath the knob gags, gay jokes and swear words is a punch in the gut for lazy mission trips.

For the last six weeks it has felt like life has punched me in the gut, knocked the wind out of me and then kicked me when I was down.

The cartoon was sort of a punch in the gut, but not in a bad way for me.

I was looking forward to catching up, but the question was like a punch in the gut.

And the punch in the gut from last week's World Vision situation (in which 10,000 children lost their sponsorship as a result of an evangelical protests) continues to leave me, and many others, feeling breathless.

Cheap, filling, made primarily with pantry and freezer essentials, but most definitely not a punch in the gut.

Even though I liked kushari, eating it always felt like a punch in the gut.

But you know, it really was like a punch in the gut because it came out of nowhere.

The centennial season was supposed to be our year, but it turned into a living nightmare, and every new catastrophe was like a punch in the gut.

Sometimes, when a man is out of control, you have to punch him in the gut.