Sentences with phrase «wives tale which»

Not exact matches

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.

(I might say «Bless you» after someone sneezes, but that is something I learned from my wife... which I heard goes back to some old wive's tale about losing part of your brain when you sneeze...)

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.

This old wives» tale has now been negated by research [v], which has shown that the main factors that contribute to breast ptosis are: age, history of significant (> 50 lb) weight loss, higher body mass index, larger bra cup size, number of pregnancies and smoking history.

There are several old wives tales, which state that milk functions as a galactagogue, a substance that increases the production of milk.

There is a wives tale that drinking a beer will help stimulate a woman's prolactin levels but studies show that it actually prohibits oxytocin which is necessary for a woman's let down to occur.

There are certain signs which can tell you the gender of your baby according to old wives tales.

And vinegar is one of those «old wives tales» for itchy skin and hives — it works more times than not — so clearly there is some acidifying of tissues going on beyond just the saliva which swallows the vinegar.

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).

For those not familiar with Into the Woods, it is a musical which adapts many of your favorite fairy tales into one complete story (tied together by the Witch and Baker / Baker's Wife), but goes on to explore «what happens after ever after».

Whether it's the sudden separation of Jenna's parents (Tom Wilkinson and Blythe Danner), the broken marriage between Chris (Affleck) and his wife, or Izzy's (Weston) unspoken love for his dying father, the film's subplots offer much richer life lessons than «cheating is bad,» which is essentially what Braff's side of the tale is all about.

Other highlights in this strand include: Miguel Gomes» mixes fantasy, documentary, docu - fiction, Brechtian pantomime and echoes of MGM musical in the epic ARABIAN NIGHTS; the World Premiere of William Fairman and Max Gogarty's CHEMSEX, an unflinching, powerful documentary about the pleasures and perils associated with the «chemsex» scene that's far more than a sensationalist exposé; the European Premiere of CLOSET MONSTER, Stephen Dunn's remarkable debut feature about an artistic, sexually confused teen who has conversations with his pet hamster, voiced by Isabella Rossellini; THE ENDLESS RIVER a devasting new film set in small - town South Africa from Oliver Hermanus, Diep Hoang Nguyen's beautiful debut, FLAPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, a wry, weird socially probing take on the teen pregnancy scenario that focuses on a girl whose escape from village life to pursue an urban education has her frozen in mid-flight; LUCIFER, Gust Van den Berghe's thrillingly cinematic tale of Lucifer as an angel who visits a Mexican village, filmed in «Tondoscope» — a circular frame in the centre of the screen; the European premiere of KOTHANODI a compelling, unsettling fairytale from India; veteran Algerian director Merzak Allouache's gritty and delicate portrait of a drug addicted petty thief in MADAME COURAGE; Radu Muntean's excellent ONE FLOOR BELOW, which combines taut, low - key realism with incisive psychological and ethical insights in a drama centering on a man, his wife and a neighbor; and QUEEN OF EARTH, Alex Ross Perry's devilish study of mental breakdown and dysfunctional power dynamics between female best friends, starring Elisabeth Moss.

Ostensibly, «The Danish Girl» is a historical biopic about this courageous transgender figure, but in reality, it's more a love - conquers - all tale in which Lili's wife, Gerda, serves as the emotional core.

Any movie that runs nearly two hours and has a title so long it requires punctuation ought to be good — especially since this final installment of the Twilight franchise wraps up the highly successful vampire tale in which Bella (Kristen Stewart) goes from an introverted, brooding teen to a sexually aggressive wife and pinched - faced new mother.

Penned by the scribe behind the «Into the Woods» musical, James Lapine, the film version hones in on a baker and his wife (James Corden and Emily Blunt) and chronicles their journey through the woods during which they encounter a number of classic fairy tale characters including Johnny Depp as The Wolf, Daniel Huttlestone as Jack, Mackenzie Mauzy as Rapunzel and more.

But when this beloved personality's family (wife, two sons, sister and father) begins to implode, Jeff finds no fairy tale or fable or puppet will guide him through this crisis, which advances faster than his means to cope.

After all, she did a terrific job as his wife, Jane, in service of a character - tale turn which focused more on the unfortunate arc of the couple's ill - fated relationship than on the wheelchair - bound genius» contributions to the field of theoretical physics.

Perhaps the least successful part of the film is that which is most easily forgotten: the sad, slightly whimsically uxorious tale of Woody Harrelson and his wife, played by Abbie Cornish.

Warner Bros. has released a new image from the upcoming horror spin - off sequel Annabelle 2, which features the creepy doll looking all creepy... Annabelle 2 tells the tale of a dollmaker and his wife who, several years after the tragic death of their little girl, welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage -LSB-...]

Also, his wife, Robin McKinley, and he recently published their first collaboration called Water; Tales of the Elemental Spirits, in which each of them has written three stories about some of the magical creatures that inhabit our rivers and seas.

We find reincarnations of the bawdy Wyf of Bathe, a narrative cycle devoted to the Merchant's Tale (in which the lustful Januarie is struck blind and cuckolded by his young wife May), and allusions to the Pardoner's Tale — a fable about seeking to «kill Death», told by a sly and unctuous cleric.

What you assert is another of the Old Wives» Tales of Climatology which I wrote about in an article of that title on PSI.

Chicken soup, an «old wives tale remedy» has a more recent Yiddish connection of which I am not terribly informed.