Sentences with phrase «wives tale in»
I could have just kicked my feet up and ate Ben and Jerry's all day instead of shuttling back and forth to chiropractic appointments, doing all sorts of new - age exercises and following every old wives tale in the book.
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In a research hit this morning, Romney's communications team reminds reporters that in 2008, Clinton once called his wife's primary opponent «the biggest fairy tale I've ever seen.&raquIn a research hit this morning, Romney's communications team reminds reporters that in 2008, Clinton once called his wife's primary opponent «the biggest fairy tale I've ever seen.&raquin 2008, Clinton once called his wife's primary opponent «the biggest fairy tale I've ever seen.»
«This Sheepshead discovery is, in my opinion, a case of somebody who was made an example of based on a wives tale,» he said.
They do not in fact bury their heads in the sand as the old wives» tale tells it, but the fact that most of us believe that myth to be true only makes a stronger point: if the move you choose is to burrow in deeper to protect the current nest on which you rest, the odds are high that you're leaving yourself a sitting duck (or ostrich, as it were).
We see this monster in Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale, where a theocratic patriarchy forbids women to read books, and we see him in the movie Kinsey, in which the future sexologist's pompous, teetotaling, Bible - wielding father (played by the massive - browed John Lithgow) cows his wife at the dinner table and disowns his son for daring to attend a different college from the one where dad teaches.
That is: the mind caught in an alien body; the not - quite - genius nerd who's «the king of foreplay» or will do anything to «get laid» and, really, anything to have a relational life with a pretty girl; the highly erotic metrosexual who turns the whole cosmos into a romantic tale that has room for appreciating «The Good Wife»; the guy who is better than he says (but still genuinely short on manliness), but who is creepy in his ingenuity when it comes to using his robotic gadgets for personal satisfaction.
the abundance of purely uneducated Muslim believers, their oppressive existence in their self created repressive regimes, lifestyles, and governments, their radical inturpitations of their fairy tale book, the fact that their culture and people have contributed less to man kind than any other culture and people of all the earth, their self ritious belief system that empowers them to commit atrocious crimes against humanity, the muslim men prance around in flip flops and linen moo moo's while they lock their woman in their household prisons to be abused slave - wife's, are entirely too ignorant to even build sewer systems and even after thousands of years that other cultures have developed running water toilets, toilet paper, and effective sewerage systems, they still whipe their pood - cracks with one hand (no paper) and eat with the other, and yiddle to the sky just before detonation of their suicide bombs that murder innocent men, woman, children, and babies.
However, he had decided to check for himself, just in case, before finally dismissing the claims as the old wives tale he was sure they were.
A simple I'm sorry for my part in the sordid tale can wrap this up, otherwise I have more stories... how about the one where the Edina police chaplain throws his wife across the room tearing her shoulder and her 7 year old helps her up and moves the furniture from off of her?
And so the tale of a Green Knight with his chopped - off head still holding a knight of the Round Table to promises made is no less true than the tale of a man crammed with secrets who spontaneously combusts and leaves behind only a black, tallowy mark on the floorboards, and his story in turn is no less true than the tale of a Texas sharecropper's wife who has had a miscarriage only ten days before but just this morning was walking behind the mule and guiding the jerking plow.
Julie McMahon September 16, 2014 at 8:39 pm -LSB-...] A simple I'm sorry for my part in the sordid tale can wrap this up, otherwise I have more stories... how about the one where the Edina police chaplain throws his wife across the room tearing her shoulder and her 7 year old helps her up and moves the furniture from off of her?
It is characteristic of our age — but not Chaucer's contemporaries — to think of him almost entirely in terms of The Canterbury Talesand the Wife of Bath's tale in particular.
If the reader expects to be entertained, instead, by the story of the delightful Wife of Bath and her tale about «What women most desire in the world» — even that is denied us.
It was there in Manhattan he was unhappily schooled, first at the Male School on Crosby Street and then at the Columbia Grammar School, and there he returned thirty years later to spend the bitter, dark end of his life — a misemployed customs inspector turned drunkard, possibly a wife - beater, and the forgotten man of American letters: a minor author who'd written a scandalous sea - tale or two early in life and hadn't had the sense to quit writing.
Open your mind and open a book, other than some several thousand year - old fairy tale about talking snakes, floods requiring more water than exists in the entire solar system to create, mythological heaven dwellers who stole men's wives, ful of numerology and suppossed «fulfilled prophesy».
The channel chronicles the wide spectrum of the global culinary experience and the diverse voices that are pulling us forward: chefs and home cooks, makers and consumers, the politics and policies of food, «front» and «back of house» restaurant life, old wives tales and innovative news, and culturally significant indicators in the modern food world.
Yes, you CAN eat watermelon seeds contrary to the old wives» tale that eating them might make the fruit grow in your belly!
I had heard that the brown - paper - bag ripening trick is an old wives tale... but what really does work is putting your avocado in a bowl with a banana, which gives off something which speeds up the ripening process (why fruit goes rotten more quickly when in the same bowl as a banana.
Nicholas, Superstition I can accept but to SERIOUSLY believe there can ever be any TRUTH in a mere shirt number being the reason some players succeed and others don't, belongs with astrology, lucky charms, old wives tales and the like as mediaeval claptrap believed by flat earthers and other dimwitted folk.
Mark and Tim's story was told in the video, «A Tale of Two Dads» https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh1B9Ni9iEk Beverly Prince - Sayward In addition to being a freelance writer, Beverly is a homeschooling mother to her three children - twins Hailey and Quentin, and youngest son Jared; the non-legally married wife to her partner Kathleen who works for IBM as well as the National Guard; and author of the blog Raising a Child with Auditory Processing Disordein the video, «A Tale of Two Dads» https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh1B9Ni9iEk Beverly Prince - Sayward In addition to being a freelance writer, Beverly is a homeschooling mother to her three children - twins Hailey and Quentin, and youngest son Jared; the non-legally married wife to her partner Kathleen who works for IBM as well as the National Guard; and author of the blog Raising a Child with Auditory Processing DisordeIn addition to being a freelance writer, Beverly is a homeschooling mother to her three children - twins Hailey and Quentin, and youngest son Jared; the non-legally married wife to her partner Kathleen who works for IBM as well as the National Guard; and author of the blog Raising a Child with Auditory Processing Disorder.
The moment you start showing, will hear every cliche and old wives» tale from your friends, parents, in - laws, co-workers, and every other human being you interact with.
Not being able to get pregnant is in a list by Parenting on Old Wives» Tales on pregnancies.
We know that runs absolutely counter to all wisdom on the benefits of breastfeeding, but those kinds of old wives» tales persist and must be challenged by people in those communities.
And, despite the old wives» tale, you can not spoil a baby in the first few months by responding to every cry.
Included in this misinformation are old wives tales and other myths.
This old wives tale is only partially based in truth, and this misconception can lead you to becoming pregnant sooner than you may want.
One study in Dublin found an old wives - tale that appears to be true for gender.
If so, we the editors at the Award - Winning Pregnancy and Parenting Website Bellyitch Blog have assembled 100 of the common tips, suggestions, old wives» tales, dietary and lifestyle advice we have heard and read in various sources over the years.
One old wives» tale states that baby girls steal the beauty of their mothers while in the womb.
I'm not as ruffled by the tawdry tales of farm animals or one I heard from a 55 - year - old wife about screwing a perfectly sculpted landscaper while her doctor husband was lecturing on vein surgery in another country.
There may well be something in the old wives» tale that eating fish is good for the brain.
These old wives» tales give parents some really useful tools to work into bedtime routines — everything from reading a book in a soft voice to hypnotizing your tot with a tissue.
Beware the old - wives tales and internet memes about pregnancy, there is a kernel of truth in many things.
A few years later, he read about Nadia and other savant artists in Oliver Sacks's The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales.
A three - year pilot project involving 11 men (age range: 31 to 44) found that there was some truth in the old wives» tale about hot baths being bad for a man's prospects of conceiving.
In order to truly banish blemishes, you'll need to distinguish the difference between the old wives» tales and tested truths.
Dr. Justin Marchegiani: That's why the old wives» tale of putting hydrogen peroxide in your ear as being of good antiviral or good natural remedy for the flu.
It's sort of an old wives» tale that you'll gain 30 or 40 pounds as you continue through middle age — it can easily happen, but it's very easy to offset the change in metabolic rate,» she tells WebMD.
So you can nip that wives» tale about being outside with wet hair in the cold in the bud right away.
You've probably heard the old wives tale regarding carrots; they'll help you see in the dark.
Well, while that old wives» tale has some basis in science, the tryptophan in turkey is not the reason for sleepiness after Thanksgiving dinner.
Who can forget that old wives tale about being sure to have clean underwear on in case you end up in the ER!!!
They are, in essence, old wives» tales that have been dressed up and repackaged for 21st century prudes.
Why It's Paul Bettany's Movie: Creation is a biopic that seemingly exists to give Paul Bettany a major leading man role, rare for him after years of playing second fiddle to the likes of Heath Ledger (A Knight's Tale), Russell Crowe (A Beautiful Mind, in which Crowe romanced Bettany's future real - life wife, Jennifer Connelly), and Russell Crowe yet again (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World).
Director Quentin Tarantino lights up your Christmas holiday with gunfire in this tale of revenge about a slave trying to rescue his wife.
In the indie tale of arrested development, Byrne plays Justine, a wife and mother with another on the way whose quiet suburban life is turned upside down when her estranged brother Jake (Kroll) shows up on her doorstep after his tech startup goes bust.
Into the Woods is a modern twist on the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tales in a musical format that follows the classic tales of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Rapunzel - all tied together by an original story involving a baker and his wife, their wish to begin a family and their interaction with the witch who has put a curse on them.
II) angelina jolie (alexander) angelina jolie (bone collector) angelina jolie (tomb raider) angelina jolie (sky captain) tommy lee jones (men in black 2) milla jovovich (he got game) milla jovovich (the messenger) ashley judd (high crimes) ashley judd (de-lovely) glen keane (tarzan animator) diane keaton (something's got ta give) christine keener (being john malkovich) david kelly (waking ned devine) nicole kidman (bewitched) nicole kidman (the hours) nicole kidman (the human stain) nicole kidman (moulin rouge) nicole kidman (stepford wives) ben kingsley (sexy beast) kevin kline (road to el dorado) kevin kline (de-lovely) ashton kutcher (butterfly effect) diane lane (under the tuscan sun) anthony lapaglia (the guys) heath ledger (the patriot) heath ledger (a knight's tale) spike lee (bamboozled) tea leoni (jurassic park 3) ray liotta (identity) jennifer lopez (the cell) jennifer lopez (maid in manhattan) justin long (jeepers creepers) jennifer love hewitt (the tuxedo) jon lovitz (rat race) baz luhrmann (moulin rouge) catherine maccormack (dancing at lughnasa) william h. macy (pleasantville) william h. macy (mystery men) madonna (the next best thing) tobey maguire (pleasantville) tobey maguire (seabiscuit) tobey maguire (spider - man) tobey maguire (spider - man 2) john malkovich (being john malkovich) david mamet (the winslow boy) julianna margulies (what's cooking) julianna margulies (ghost ship / evelyn) garry marshall (director, the runaway bride) steve martin (novocaine) matthew mcconaughey (u-571) ian mckellen (lord of the rings) kel mitchell (mystery men) ming - na (final fantasy) julianne moore (far from heaven) mandy moore (how to deal) viggo mortensen (Hidalgo) carrie - anne moss (the matrix reloaded) frankie muniz (agent cody banks) sam neill (jurassic park 3) thandie newton (besieged, MI: 2) jack nicholson (about schmidt) jack nicholson (something's got ta give) nick nolte (the good thief) nick nolte (the hulk) edward norton (keeping the faith) edward norton (red dragon) frances o'connor (a.i. artificial intelligence) chris o'donnell (vertical limit) haley joel osment (a.i. artificial intelligence) peter o'toole (troy) gwyneth paltrow (bounce)
The tale of a frontier wife, Jane (Natalie Portman), in the New Mexico Territory, enlisting a former lover (Joel Edgerton) to defend home and hearth after her husband has been laid low did not seem to be an unreasonable scenario.
When: July 29th Why: For far too long, there have been tales of men behaving badly with women stuck in the role of the disapproving wife / mother who simply scolds or shakes their head in disgust.