Sentences with phrase «to swat a fly»

Consider that the absolute best, most powerful moment of the film arrives within the first five minutes as Lincoln sits in a bivouac, taking questions from foot soldiers — and consider that this instance of naturalism is neatly destroyed by Spielberg's instinct towards swatting flies with Buicks.

its like swatting flies here with all the atheists.

Birmingham, AL — Judy Dutton Judy Dutton is a writer and editor who has covered a variety of topics, from the science of swatting flies for Wired to why Santa scares kids for The Wall Street Journal.

Meanwhile, he admits the findings could have implications for people who'd rather swat flies than study them.

Mulembakani sits back, distractedly swatting flies from the table.

The user controls a gloved hand (similar to the one seen on the title screen) holding a flyswatter, which must swat flying insects on the screen, before the insect stings the user's hand in one way or another.

If PETA gets upset when somebody swats an fly, I wonder what they'd have to say about somebody turning an insect into a deadly assassin for the military.

Witnesses told police they saw the man hit the horse (he claimed he was swatting flies away).

Better performance yesterday but City just upped a gear and disposed of us like swatting a fly and then toyed with us in the second half.

These processes are mysterious, inscrutable, so much so that the more one learns about them, the more one becomes reluctant to step on an ant or swat a fly for fear that some dire ecological catastrophe will ensue.

Some call it swatting flies with a sledgehammer, but I always give my targets plenty of opportunity to redeem themselves before it reaches that stage.

«While some may argue that the Netherlands State Institute for War Documentation used an elephant to swat a fly,» Lipstadt says, «once again it becomes clear that the deniers» claims have no relationship to the most basic rules of truth and evidence.»

Using a nuke would basically be using a sledge hammer to swat a fly, leaving lasting radiation damage that affects friendlies, non-enemies, and civilians alike.

We all know how hard it can be to swat flies, but nobody knew how they pull off their incredible evasive manoeuvres.

1968: HAL 9000 Stanley Kubrick's movie 2001: A Space Odyssey offered a disturbing vision of artificial intelligence in HAL, a computer that could understand speech, read lips, play chess, pilot a spaceship, and kill off astronauts as if it were swatting flies.

They would also prevent you from, say, shutting off the lights every time you attempt to swat a fly.

For those who prefer more traditional tactics when it comes to swatting the fly that is feeling lonely, joining a book club is a classic method of engaging with new people in meaningful ways.

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Upon receiving a cryptic phone call informing him that he's on a hidden camera game show where he must execute 13 tasks, Elliot learns he will be on his way to winning a multimillion dollar cash prize if he quickly follows through with his first two instructions: swat the fly that is currently bothering him and then eat the fly.

• The way corrupt rancher Randall Bragg (Jeremy Irons) guns down the sheriff at the beginning of Appaloosa, firing the fatal shot as casually as you'd swat a fly...

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A flizba has a handle and can be used to swat flies.

I believe this onslaught is unreasonable because they're using a nuclear warhead to swat a fly.

You could create pictures, make simple animation, compose music, color, and even play a small game where you swat flies.

No one has ever played Street Fighter and said «Man I wish I could fire Hadoukens by waving my controller around like I was trying to swat a fly.»

«I just didn't want to sit at home, looking for jobs or swatting flies,» he said.

Using a GPS, talking to someone else in the vehicle, eating and drinking, swatting a fly and staring at something interesting out of the window are also reasons for being distracted, but they are not particularly new.

Sometimes it takes a hammer to swat a fly: perhaps this old body was at least as valuable as the chassis of those old cars.

The X7 Pro was also the top performer on the PCMark 8 Work Conventional test with 5,610 points, but using a gaming laptop for spreadsheets and video conferencing is like using a snow shovel to swat a fly.

The energy that it takes to swat flies is just as exhausting as the energy it takes to follow and execute on good strategies in your real estate business.