Sentences with phrase «taken out of its sails»

While the second period was scoreless, the United States looked to gain its legs a bit despite getting the wind taken out of its sails early.

Microsoft unfortunately had the wind taken out of their sails thanks to pre-show leaks.

Not exact matches

Instead of heading to a watering hole afterwards, Price took a group of people out sailing around the San Francisco Bay, even though it was past midnight.

Memorable bosses stand out because they are willing to take an unpopular stand, take an unpopular step, accept the discomfort of ignoring the status quo, and risk sailing uncharted waters.

«That takes wind out of your sails, but we felt we had to try.»

Mild reviews for the iPhone 8 and talk of short lines for the product appear to have taken some wind out of the stock's sails.

Last week, an indication by the Fed that the central bank was not in a hurry to raise the ultra-low rates took the wind out of the greenback's sails.

The PBoC's public probe has already taken the wind out of bitcoin's sails, pushing the currency back below $ 1,000.

On the other side of the ledger, however, lower commodity prices are also helping to take the wind out of the sails of the Canadian dollar, which offers a potentially game - changing opportunity to sectors that have long suffered in the shadow of the resource boom.

All post-Islamic sects sought to counter Islam by seeking to take the wind out of Islamic sails by themselves making the same challenge.

Rightly understood, then, it takes a lot of the wind out of the sails for the Calvinist and the underpinnings of his system.

But if He wasn't fully human, doesn't that kind of take the wind out of His sacrificial sail?

It's true and it took time, a lot of Holy - Spirit - breathed - miracle - wind moving me out and along and a lot of me setting up the sails in anticipation of this very wind blowing someday.

when you go and talk all nice and what not it really takes the wind out of my crazy sails.

In any event, you admit to being an idiot, awesome, that basically takes all the air out of your sails now don't it?

I just started canning last summer, then started AIP this spring so it took a little wind out of my canning sails, lol....

I made a batch of the salad dressing and took it out on a 3 week sailing trip... made the recipe without lemons or onions and also without parsley because I just didn't have those things... just tomato, mint, and dressing and still delicious.

If Alexis goes that will take wind out of sails and sail us back other direction.

We're going to want nothing more than to serve them up a crushing blow in week one, taking the sails right out of them.

On the other hand, why does losing Reggie Jackson take so much wind out of our sails?

For the Loserpool game I belief that because Ox started over Saed and Welbeck over Lacazette, that many other players were pissed off and took the wind out of their sails.

Maybe that Phil goal (which was pretty soft) that made it 2 - 0 on the heels of good sustained pressure took all the wind out of their Sails or maybe Coots being out doomed them to defeat, but for a team only down 2 - 1 in a Playoff series, the effort and compete level the flyers put out there Wednesday was lacking to say the least.

And now that we have two excellent CB's they should fear it more so, that used to be an achilles of sort, we'd be dominating then all of a sudden a sucker punch would take the wind out of our sails.

However, in a key away game at Crystal Palace, they surrendered a 3 - 0 lead with 11 minutes to draw the match and take all the wind out of their sails.

Hopefully that late goal pumps us up, and takes the wind out of Liverpool's sails a bit.

Sailing conservatively, staying out of trouble and keeping a weather eye on his two chief rivals, he placed fifth and sixth — good enough to hold a 5 - point lead at the end over Cox who took a first and a fifth to nose out Cawthra by one point for the runner - up position.

Köln's unexpected and hard - won point perhaps comes as some consolation when set against the general perfection of the Bayern experience: all it takes is a little defensive laxity, some wasteful finishing, and one of the best goalkeepers in the world ends up contorted like a pretzel, watching the ball and the result sail past just out of reach.

But the season is still young and if Arsenal can take the wind out of City's sails then who knows what could happen?

Houston tried to push in the dying minutes of the match, but the goals and red card took any of the remaining wind out of their collective sails.

The injury seemed to take the wind out of the sails of the match, as both clubs seemed more interested in putting in ball in the air and lumping it up the pitch rather than putting the ball on the floor and passing it around.

Sailing towards what would be an unprecedented 19th English league title, Sir Alex could afford to rest a number of important players for Saturday's clash with Fulham at Old Trafford as the wily Scot sent out an intimidating message to Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti — that not only is he intent on taking the Premier League title away from the West London club, he also wants to dump the Blues out of Europe en route to a potential final in Chelsea's own backyard.

And when the food is spat out, scraped out of the mouth, well it may take a bit of the wind out of your sails, but I have yet to meet anyone who loves all food that's put in front of them.

Mostly I was too busy having fun and capsizing in sailing boats to take my camera out, but I did make a special effort on a couple of occasions.

In the afternoon, we celebrated with a bottle of bubbly (it was our anniversary, after all) on the Surprise, a historic schooner that takes small groups out for a two hour sail.

Do you see how this could take the wind out of their sails?

Later on in the week, proud of my reacquired sailing prowess I decided to take Emma out for a treat.

Don't ever take the wind out of anyone's sails.

There is nothing that takes the wind out of your mommy sails like... Read More

There is nothing that takes the wind out of your mommy sails like hauling around 20 pounds of gear only to have your toddler find contentment in a roll of tape.

You have taken care of Brad for the past eight years as he journeyed to Sherwood Forest, sailed across the ocean, and built kingdoms out of cardboard.

I doubt they're likely to do her much harm, but they do show a good tool for taking the wind out of future Swift Boaters» sails: humor, something of which the 2004 public version of John Kerry was essentially incapable.

Could Trump's work to take the wind out of Clinton's sails via highly targeted Facebook content have made the difference?

He said the UK would be a «powerful, liberal, humane and extraordinary force for good in the world» and he hoped that Brexit would «take the wind out of the sails of the extremists and those who would play politics with immigration».

The subpoenas rocked the administration, took the wind out of Cuomo's sails, and continue to keep both off balance as we all wait to see what Preet will bring us.

Just watched Chris Huhne on SKY TV News acting all indignant and self - righteous and demanding the Tories pay back the money that Lord Ashcroft has donated - however the wind was then taken comprehensively out of his sails when the interviewer asked if the Lib Dems were going to pay back the # 2 million that their donor fraudster gave their party!

This took some, but not all, of the wind out of Osborne's sails.

When right wongers bring her up I'm say «I agree» — takes the wind right out of their sails.

«That is why we have pledged real - terms increases in NHS spending - unlike Labour - a fact which, to put it mildly, takes the wind out of their point - scoring sails.»

It is Faso's job to take the wind out of those sails.

But clever research and new technologies promise at least to take a little wind out of their sails.