Sentences with phrase «than nails on»
Listening to a child whine can sound worse than nails on a chalkboard.
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It's time American policymakers started a discussion on taxing meat too, because rather than reform its practices or scale back production, the meat industry has fought tooth and nail to fend off environmental regulation and commonsense nutritional standards, leaving citizens to deal with its mess.
Trade experts like Edward Alden at the Council on Foreign Relations say Trump already squandered his best chance to nail down a stronger deal than Obama did after he left.
Dale Carnegie hit the nail on the head all those years ago in How to Win Friends and Influence People: There's no surer way to secure a new relationship (or to get what you need) than by making the other person feel important.
Doubt is better than a statement you can nail them on because everyone can have their own doubt so you don't have to explain anything.
(Ex-Catholic, now atheist) Julia Sweeney's monologue «Letting Go Of God» will be the final nail in the coffin of religious belief / faith and is and will continue to be more effective than any money - generating book or blog on the historical Jesus,
Based on a relatively brief career, it seems DuVernay's «best» is more than enough to nail it.
(Ex-Catholic, now atheist) Julia Sweeney's monologue «Letting Go Of God» will be the final nail in the coffin of religious belief / faith and is and will continue to be more effective than any money - generating book or blog on the historical Jesus, your «Ultimate Happiness Prescription», atheism or secularism.
(Ex-Catholic, now atheist) Julia Sweeney's monologue «Letting Go Of God» will be one of the final nails in the coffin of religious belief / faith and is and will continue to be more effective than any money - generating book or blog on the historical Jesus or your «Ultimate Happiness Prescription».
Despite the limping conclusion (he is writing for Commonweal, after all), Steinfels has nailed the mindlessness of a progressive insouciance that thinks it a good thing that, in the words of one author, younger Catholics «place a higher priority on being good Christians than they do on being good Catholics,» when «good Christian» is indistinguishable from the cultural liberalism promoted by, for instance, the National Catholic Reporter.
Parents are urged to develop an atmosphere of mutual respect; to communicate on levels of fun and recreation as well as on discipline and advice; to allow a child to learn «through natural consequences» — that is, by experiencing what happens when he dawdles in the morning and is permitted to experience the unpleasantness and embarrassment of being late to school; to encourage the child and spend time with him playing and learning (positively) rather than spending time lecturing and disciplining (negatively), since the child who is misbehaving is often merely craving attention and if he gets it in pleasant, constructive ways, he will not demand it in antisocial ways; to avoid trying to put the child in a mold of what the parent thinks he should do and be, or what other people think he should do and be, rather than what his natural gifts and tendencies indicate; to take time to train the child in basic skills — to bake a cake, pound a nail, sketch or write or play a melody — including those things the parents know and do well and are interested in.
Now, what I have referred to before as the something, the force, just waiting to spring on the American Zeitgeist would in the early sixties be given throaty articulation by the courtiers surrounding John F. Kennedy, who, while clearly doing little more than making rhetorical gestures, nevertheless managed to hit the cultural nail squarely on the head.
(Ex-Catholic, now atheist) Julia Sweeney's monologue «Letting Go Of God» will be one of the final nails in the coffin of religious belief / faith and is and will continue to be more effective than any money - generating book or blog on the historical Jesus, your «Ultimate Happiness Prescription», atheism or secularism.
He saw it as a chance to pick on someone who is obviously far more intelligent than he is and thus a turn to spew more hatred of atheists... he just keeps putting more nails in christianities proverbial coffin - no harm done to our side.
There are more white men in jail than black men Strong Papa... and yes read it on DOJ please... and BC white men want to make crystal meth so much, folks now have to go to the doctor here in Misssissippi to get psuedoedrine and CVS now wants to see our license for nail polish remover bc it is used in crystal meth... so please sit down and shut up
You've hit the nail on the head of secular society: the only thing better than making babies is aborting them, brava.
I only WISH I could keep nail polish on for longer than a day.
I'd rather be sitting on a curb next to him with unwashed hair, chipped nails, and tattered old clothes than be without him for an hour to myself.
Whenever a puck carrier has his head down, whenever a forward with more hubris than quickness tries to hurtle down the boards, somebody will nail him with a shot that makes the hitter tingle and the victim feel as though his right shoulder blade is on the left side of his body.
You've hit the nail on the head there what a waste of an article, Hleb Nasri, Song, Van Persie et al ALL went because they A) Thought they were Bigger and better than the club, and B) wanted glory elsewhere and more money, some of them were more honourable in the way that they did it and some were just greedy egotistical Idiots.
We'd rather see him battling tooth and nail for 12th than completing an impressive race sim at the back, a lap down on the leader.
Shows you how dodgy it is to look at the bookie's odds though — would have thought home - grown Delph to City was at least a 100 times more likely than Pogba, and Begovic would be nailed on.
The article hits the nail on the head when it asks if the current crop of available strikers are THAT much better than what we already have on that note I have to say IMO no they are not!!!
I am not saying that the Arsenal and Chile international star Alexis Sanchez is nailed on to have a second season with his new club that is as good or even better than his debut campaign in the Premier League, but I do think that it is very doubtful that his standards will slip that much.
Not saying Schneiderlin is nailed on to join but I remember watching a John Cross interview last week and he said Cech will join sooner than later and we are definitely after another midfielder.
Lacazette in place of Perez and will [hopefully] get more game time than Perez means Giroud and Walcott are not nailed on, Kolasinac is a definite upgrade on Gibbs and is versatile enough to fill in at CB or DM, Chambers started more PL games last season than Gabriel.
eden sleepwalking the last month or so and still being nailed on starter, is more against the team than him
Being honest I had completely forgot about some of the losses we had until thinking about it now, which I guess shows that time carries on and you heal, but I'll say the «oh crap» existential crisis now is realizing that the likely window of time where I'm having kids is almost decidedly nailed shut is also proving to be a bit more effecting than I thought it'd be.
I think Hardy will really blossom this year in the slot, he's tough as nails for his size and he can track down and come away with those 50/50 balls better than anyone on the roster besides Ju of course..
Wenger has hit the nail on the head and in my opinion, regardless of whether you think the boss is past his management days or not, I think he deserves a little more than holding a position that nobody actually knows much about.
my grandchildren will not look back on today with glee or anything less than embarrassment should they find my secret Arsenal journals in years to come nailed to the wall of the outhouse
He is expecting Diaby to recover quickly so that he can liken him to a new signing.Diaby is not on a five year contract why can't he release him for free.Fellaini is there for the taking why can't we bid for him.He is immense and would surely boost us in set pieces.He is miles better than Ramsey, Wilshere and Arteta our new defensive midfielders as he brings more to our game.Last year we started the season with a defensive minded system and we posted good results in nail biting 1 - 0 scenarios only for Wenger to fuck it up only to wake up 10 games to end of the season.
The 31 - year old winger also believes that the Italian play maker, Francesco Totti could yet go on for a couple more years and that the one - club man should be seen as a role model by young and upcoming footballers to nail the fact that age does not really matter as the Roma legend has made more than 760 appearances for the club.
In terms of transfers i believe 4 players are needed to cover our behinds next season, No 1) we need defensive cover so i think Jolean Lescott would be ideal No 2) midfield is a bit lightwieght i know Miguel Veloso is on the radar but i think Gareth Barry or the italian Aquilani would be better suited No 3) a wide player is needed to give us width and penetration from wide areas i know we've all but nailed Nasri but i think a David Silva or even Andrei Arshavin would be ideal and No 4) a striker who would replace Adebayor is Pavlyuchenko the guy's got it all as has KLass Huntelaar and both would be cheaper than the sale price of Adebayor.
For once a referee's poor decision - making did not cost us three points and if the winner was controversial because of an alleged handball by Sam Vokes, then it was no more than Burnley deserved on the night, having peppered the Leicester goal with 24 shots, had 60 % of the possession, and had a nailed on penalty claim (maybe two) ignored in the first half, Mike Dean showing again that with him it is pot luck whether or not any team is awarded a penalty.
As a self - professed nail polish addict, I rarely keep the same color on my tips for more than a few days.
So as you might imagine, manicures don't normally last on my nails for more than a week, tops, regardless of the brand.
Very fun and plenty of cool colors to choose from, but this isn't industrial strength nail polish, although it stays on longer than most brands.
I am watching my boston terrier who's nails are entirely too long (because he's entirely too much of an asshole about nail clippers for me to cut them more than once every couple of months) wallow on our leather couch.
User RedGrittyBrick hit the nail on the head in his comment: money today is better than money tomorrow.
Although he refused to be nailed down on a specific time frame, he did say it should last longer than three years.
John Major headed off to play cricket, a sport I've never understood myself, but if I'd have had his political innings, I'd have taken a bed of hot nails in hell over carrying on a second longer than I had to.
And they'd rather see the bill fail — which would at least allow them to nail down who's on their side and who's not — than enter into an election year with no action at all.
He declined to be nailed down to how much he might spend on his campaign — should he run — though he did say he would work for 99 cents, one cent less than Bloomberg accepts, joking: «I'm a grocer.
Michael Fallon MP has hit more nails on the head in the Press today about the crash than our entire Shadow Cabinet has for weeks.
But over the next five years she isolated one gene, then another, and another, until more than 50 mutations on several genes associated with epidermolysis bullosa had been nailed.
There are also questions about its safety when taken on a long - term basis: Selenium can lead to a loss of hair and nails at doses larger than 1 milligram.
The last nail on the coffin comes from a Canadian study which found that free - weight squats allow around 43 % more muscular activation than Smith - machine squats, which means that squatting in the Smith machine is literally a waste of your time and energy.
I was hoping to have Mason stand on my chest while I performed the Bend of Nails, but in the days leading up to the event Mason was visiting more specialists and ended up having to stay there longer than planned.
Once you nail them you are well on your way to achieving your goal, however, please keep in mind that the crucifix rollout requires a lot more control and strength than either of the above and is therefore a lot harder so patience is the order of the day.