Sentences with phrase «tiny fig leaf»

Those provisions, she said, outweighed the «tiny fig leaf» of additional money the bill provides for biomedical research and combating abuse of addictive opioid drugs.

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For dessert, a maple syrup topped zabaglione (sabayon) served in tiny crystal shot glasses, delightful with a little piece of cognac marinated fig, adorned with a fresh mint leaf, eaten with a demitasse spoon — completes the Thanksgiving feast, with fresh brewed expresso.