Sentences with phrase «real slap»

«That was a real slap in the face for state lawyers, and the reason why the (2016 - 17) strike went on for so long,» says Dalia Gesualdi - Fecteau, a former government lawyer who teaches labour and employment law at the Université du Québec à Montréal.
It's a real slap in the face.
Most Wii games don't even look as good as the later day PS2 titles and that's a real slap in the face to consumers.
-- but after delivering a movie whose logic was so muddled and whose imagination was so hamstrung by tepid characters and nonsensical plotting, that final scene could feel like a real slap in the face.
The major threat to passing on something to the next generation, and the real slap in the face for having been provident and saved for your old age, - all middle class pre-occupations - is that the increasing costs of care will wipe out any savings.
It's a real slap in the face.
«It's a real slap to the OSC,» says Reynolds.

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It's sort of like a real - life version of Guitar Hero or Rock Band, except instead of slapping away at a series of buttons — an act that has just about zero relation to the real thing — you're strumming away on an actual guitar.
Albert Slap of Coastal Risk Consulting calls the potential collapse of real estate values «the next black swan,» but that's not quite right.
They got the slap on the wrists they deserved as a wake up call to the real world, which is very very skiddish about people practicing foreign religions on an airplane in public.
Each situation involves real, living human beings and I believe we should respect them by at least attempting to grasp the reality of their world instead or reaching for the nearest category to slap across their situation.
the real St Nicholas slapped Arius in the face for saying the historical man Jesus of Nazareth wasn't God.
The real world is waiting to slap you silly.
If Gazidas had any real power Arsene wouldn't have slapped him down in public like that.
Manchester United have slapped a # 50m price tag on goalkeeper David De Gea, 24, who is wanted by Real Madrid --(Daily Express)
Seriously all internet fans should stop this rumor nonsense... like internet fans were 100 % roman reigns winning at wrestlemania but WWE just gave tight slap to all those fans... Rusev was included in US title match only to get pinned by Jinder mahal, thats the real reason... Merchandise sales was never a reason, Everyone know Vince has been hating rusev since that Ziggler Lana thing.Rusev doesn't follow vince instructions & goes out of storylines everytime... This time also it's a punishment for trash talk undertaker outside wwe tv.Cena did trash talk but it was on wwe & was approved by vince....
Football.London reported last month that an enormous # 323m price - tag had been slapped on the head of Kane and Alli amid interest from Real Madrid.
Only today it was speculated that Real had slapped a # 60 Million asking price on their former youth product, following the announcement from Juventus that the Spanish giants had confirmed that they were to trigger the release clause in the 23 year - old's contract.
Back in the dim and distant past of the year 2000, when football was only moderately ridiculous, newly elected Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez slapped down 10,000 m pesetas (about # 38m) and took Luis Figo off to the Bernabéu.
talk about skewing the stats to fit your own conclusions... this is like a slap in the face to every real Arsenal fan... have you no shame, have you no dignity, have you no sense of right from wrong... if you think everything was so well orchestrated why is everyone and their brother laughing at the way in which we conduct business both on and off the field... either you're a paid hack or a delusional buffoon... regardless you can't be a genuine Arsenal fan because the difficulties facing this club having been going on for years and this latest episode in our pathetic recent history is but a glaring reminder of how far we have fallen... I'm not going to waste my time discrediting every single ridiculous statement you made in your love letter to Wenger, but if you write another article I will gladly expose you for the fraud you truly are... this club is in desperate need of a serious cleansing and for you to try and package this dog and pony show as a well - oiled machine is a direct insult to anyone who has supported this team during the supposed «lean» years... the deceptive and disrespectful manner in which this organization has treated it's fans is an abomination to supporters everywhere and for you to even try to justify their actions is akin to saying just shut - up and keep filling our pockets... so please crawl back under whatever stone you crawled out from under and think carefully before you spew this type of propaganda ever again
Real Madrid have slapped a price tag of # 40 million on star winger Angel Di Maria, according to reports from the Daily Express, perhaps in an attempt to deter bidders from the Premier League.
Stephanie slaps her, asks her who she thinks she is, and then remembers in a real hurry who Ronda Rousey is and backs off while Rousey signs her new contract, which is a one - way ticket to kicking some McMahon - Helmsley ass at Mania.
While Arsenal fans might feel that the end of the January transfer window is already coming up too fast, Arsene Wenger could be forgiven for wishing it was already over, because of the news that the Spanish La Liga giants Real Madrid have been slapped with a transfer ban by football's governing body FIFA.
Particularly once Suárez slaps home an flying volley to double Barca's lead and it becomes clear that La Real aren't going to be so rude as to take anything from the game.
But with Napoli having reportedly slapped a # 40m price - tag on the former Real Madrid forward, there surely won't be many clubs lining up to meet such a colossal figure.
DETROIT (AP) Carmelo Anthony made a free throw for his 25,000 th point, and although there was no real reaction from the crowd in Detroit, the Oklahoma City star slapped hands with teammates and raised his right hand with pride.
His 24 goals in 23 appearances already this term has seen the German giants slap a # 50million valuation on his head, though United would have to fend off competition from the likes of Arsenal and Real Madrid, who are also reported to be interested in his signature.
It has been reported that Real Madrid have slapped a # 25 million price - tag on Alvaro Morata.
It has been reported that Arsenal are slapping in a bid for Real Madrid midfielder Sami Khedira.
The real problem is that DC has been inconsistent with his «slapping - down» policy.
Slap sees gentrification as a footnote on multitrillion - dollar real estate issues the region and nation will face in the next decade.
Food allergies are real and can be deadly, but mistakenly slapping an allergy label on a patient can be a big problem as well.
This cinnamon roll is high - protein, low - sugar, satisfying (like actually keeps you full), and tastes so freaking close to the real thing you might need to slap yourself.
I'm not that fast - acting and I wanted to see some reviews of how the kits worked on «real» faces before slapping down $ 48 for a three - piece kit (dual ended contour stick with two shades, dual ended highlighter stick with matte and shimmer, and dual ended sponge and blending brush).
And while We Happy Few may imitate the Bioshock series in some ways, they do differ in the gameplay department as permadeath is a foundation of the experience unlike in Bioshock where death was more of a temporary slap on the wrist by a nun who could not be bothered to put any real effort into her swing.
It's also some of the best - made television, dramatizing real - life issues that are as eye - opening as a slap across the face.
As it turns out, this pairing has real chemistry, even if most of Thor and the Hulk's exchanges end with one of them slapping the other into a wall.
If Red Dead Redemption 2 fielded it's multiplayer component with lootboxes that provided players with weapons, horses and other items that greatly affected gameplay, then slapped huge prices on them while saying «psst, you can also get them for real money», the outrage would rain on the game's parade big time.
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None of the intelligent humor, none of the REAL emotion, Jason Segel was waaaaaay out of place in this movie, Amy Adams looked as if she was in pain during every dance number and a script which seemed slapped together without any thought to a PLOT.
The one thing I didn't like about the franchise was the fact that the only real «managing of assets» outside of signing players was setting ticket prices, which felt just totally slapped on.
Lucas Hedges, «Manchester by the Sea» Known for breaking out in «Moonrise Kingdom,» «The Slap,» and now this Oscar - nominated performance, Hedges earned his first screen credit at age 10 in the 2007 Steve Carell film «Dan in Real Life.»
Royal responds not with sympathy but with a slap at her adopted status: «She wasn't your real grandmother.»
While it's fun to snicker at the real - life idiocy of the conspiracy to injure Kerrigan — carried out, a tabloid journalist (Bobby Cannavale) tells us, by «two of the biggest boobs in a story populated solely by boobs» — the laughter dies, or should die, as Harding gets thrown to the floor by Gillooly, or viciously slapped by her mother.
In fact, while she was filming 1979's «Kramer Vs. Kramer» with Dustin Hoffman, the heat got all too real when he physically slapped her in a scene rather than acting out the action.
If Red Dead Redemption 2 fielded its multiplayer component with lootboxes that provided players with weapons, horses and other items that greatly affected gameplay, then slapped huge prices on them while saying «psst, you can also get them for real money», the outrage would rain on the game's parade big time.
So Lynda buys a loaf of bread, chops it in half with a borrowed knife (the real Melvin Dummar doing a turn as a solicitous counterman), slaps an entire package of lunch meat (unseparated) between bread chunks, and has the daughter bring her the ketchup and mustard squirters while regaling her with advice on how to handle herself enroute.
One - liners are copy and pasted from Generic Screenplay Writer 2000 (possibly a real product), leaving audiences» foreheads red and swelled with the amount of times they end up slapping their heads in disbelief.
It's a real «slap in the face.
Brilliant photography but far too much back slapping going on and not enough footage of the cars being put through their paces in real time.
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