Sentences with phrase «who is on their last legs»

She states: «Theresa May, who is on her last legs.

No one will want to hire someone who is on their last legs.

Not exact matches

I would argue that a more realistic scenario includes whatever is in the walk - in on its last leg, combined with whatever else needs to be used up thrown together, heated up and splayed out in hotel pans for anyone who wants to eat while they finish setting tables or prepping for dinner.

These chefs are on their last legs and so is the food they're cooking with... who will rescue this produce that's going bad?

Sagna has suffered two broken legs last season and Wenger is ready to make a move for Lille right - back Debuchy, who has also been targeted by Newcastle United, and the French international is apparently ready to call time on his Stade Metropole career.

When its starting quarterback and his substitute hobbled off to the hospital, Texas was on its last legs, but they were the sturdy ones of Randy McEachern, who led the Horns to an upset of Oklahoma

Elsewhere, Yankees lefthander Andy Pettitte, who was hit in the face by a batted ball last season, has already been plunked twice this season — on his right knee and right leg.

there is no doubting that Arsene has helped to provide us with some incredible footballing moments in the formative years of his managerial career at Arsenal, but that certainly doesn't and shouldn't mean that he has earned the right to decide when and how he should leave this club... there have been numerous managers at each of the biggest clubs in Europe throughout the last decade who have waged far more successful campaigns than ours yet somehow and someway each were given their walking papers because they failed to meet the standards laid out by the hierarchy of their respective clubs... of course that doesn't mean that clubs should simply follow the lead of others, especially if clubs of note have become too reactionary when it comes to issues of termination, for whatever reasons, but there should be some logical discourse when it comes to the setting of parameters for a changing of the guard... in the case of Arsenal, this sort of discourse was largely stifled when the higher - ups devised their sinister plan on the eve of our move to the Emirates... by giving Wenger a free pass due to supposed financial constraints he, unwittingly or not, set the bar too low... it reminds me of a landlord who says he will only rent to «professional people» to maintain a certain standard then does a complete about face when the market is lean and vacancies are up... for those who rented under the original mandate they of course feel cheated but there is little they can do, except move on, especially if the landlord clearly cares more about profitability than keeping their word... unfortunately for the lifelong fans of a football club it's not so easy to switch allegiances and frankly why should they, in most cases we have been around far longer than them... so how does one deal with such an untenable situation... do you simply shut - up and hope for the best, do you place the best interests of those with only self - serving agendas above the collective and pray that karma eventually catches up with them, do you run away with your tail between your legs and only return when things have ultimately changed, do you keep trying to find silver linings to justify your very existence, do you lower your expectations by convincing yourself it could be worse or do you stand up for what you believe in by holding people accountable for their actions, especially when every fiber of your being tells you that something is rotten in the state of Denmark

Grant Newsome, who suffered a severe leg injury last year, is back to running sprints on his own.

Wilshere, who spent last season on loan at fellow Premier League side Bournemouth, return to training this week following the leg fracture he suffered whilst on loan at the Cherries as reported the Telegraph, with the England international still believing that he as a future at the club beyond next summer, which is when his current Gunners deal expires.

Anyone who saw the first leg of the Copa del Rey tie against Barcelona could be forgiven for thinking it was a completely different team to the one that played and improved so well last season (a cynic might well say that Peter Lim and Gary Neville had decided to let the Salford City players, disguised as Valencia players, have a run on the Nou Camp pitch).

After such an abysmal first - half display it was no surprise that Arsene Wenger brought both Nicklas Bendter & Marouane Chamakh on for the listless Arshavin & Aaron Ramsay - who had an unhappy return to the ground where he broke his leg last season.

So not only do United hold all the aces following their hard - fought yet thoroughly deserved victory in the West of London six day previous, they'll also take to the field for Tuesday's decisive second - leg in fine form, having won their last six matches in all competitions, but also with fresher legs than a visiting Chelsea, who were put through their paces and made to squirm at home to Wigan on Saturday.

Nursing, changing diaper, changing spit - up clothes (baby's and yours), made a cup of tea, spent an hour trying to get in 10 minutes of Tummy Time so the baby won't be a dolt, spent 40 minutes getting the baby down for a nap which ended up lasting 20 minutes, made lunch and spilled half of it on the baby's head, clothing changes all around, nursing, found now - cold cup of untouched tea and drank it anyway, more nursing, baby falls asleep on you but wakes up if you try to move him so you just stay slumped on the couch with one leg forward and the other bent uncomfortably under you because this kid needs to sleep or we'll all diiieeee, nursing, realize you forgot about the weekly mothers» meeting which was your only adult outing dammit and now who will be your friend?

Republican US Senate hopeful David Malpass» campaign sent a photo late last week of this young individual who was assiduously recording the candidate on the Binghamton leg of his «Stop the Debt» tour.

But there's no way Klein would vote for Sampson, who has been widely speculated to be on his last legs as leader for months now — a speculation that has continued despite the fact that he just presided over a campaign effort that might have returned his party to power.

Who's dying and why are the Jedi on their last leg?

I guess you could say he's trying something new here, but now that the Judd Apatow school of cinema is (hopefully and / or thankfully) on its last legs, guys like Vaughn, who were left in the dust at the hands of that phenomenon, have caught up with it a wee bit too late.

When We Rise, which is set to premiere on Monday (February 27) chronicles the personal and political struggles, set - backs and triumphs of a diverse family of LGBT men and women who helped pioneer one of the last legs of the U.S. Civil Rights movement from its turbulent infancy in the 20th century to the once unfathomable successes of today.

The cast is first - rate, probably because even the small roles are vivid: Danny DeVito as Jackie's long - suffering brother; Patti LuPone as Jackie's sister - in - law, who can barely contain her hatred of him — and then can't contain it; Edie Falco as Eddie's agent; Charles Grodin as a comedian from the old days; Cloris Leachman as a 95 - year - old comic actress on her last legs; and several comedians, including Jimmie Walker and Brett Butler, as themselves.

On my last leg — a full day after I'd left the U.S. — I sat next to Steve, a 21 - year - old American Political Science major who was six months into his gap year in Jordan.

When one member of a Diamond Medallion Facebook group saw that the 747 would be flying two domestic legs, he notified other members of the group, who jumped at the chance to take one last flight on the aircraft.

Ahhh, personal attacks and obscenity — last defense of those who know they have no leg to stand on and a true sign of maturity (that last part was sarcasm in case you didn't pick up on that).

That's twice in the last six months I've been reminded of the cartoon of the little Emperor who pegged his trousers to his bedstead and jumped into both legs of them at once so it couldn't be said about him that he put his pants on one leg at a time like everybody else.

I'm amused by folks who claim Fortran is «medieval» or on its last legs — they've been saying that for 20 + years, and it's still around.

With the emergence of the always - connected class of notebooks, the traditional laptop likely is on its last legs, except for those who need extra performance.