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He got off on the wrong foot when after working there only a week, he asked the boss for a day off.

He fobbed this painting off on me as a genuine Van Gogh, but I later found out that it was a fake.

He said, "Well you've decided to head off on the Titanic towards economic and democratic disaster and we are now in a life boat. "

Next he took off on his bicycle and flew down and the sidewalk on wings of joy.

As a writer who had always been much to fond of parentheses and footnotes, I found this opportunity to go off on tangents irresistible.

At the end of the legend, the old man disappeared riding off on Nian. In this legend, the old man turned out to be an immortal god.

The company said it would complete construction of the building but would hold off on installing production equipment.

Next, push off on your stomach and kick for a few cycles, then rotate to your side. Maintain the same rhythm of the kick.

Its short wheelbase gives it a busy ride over expansion joints, but that pays off on curvy roads, where the 335i comes into its own.

Going off on foreign holidays is all well and good, but you've got to get back to reality sometime.

To them, the little Maltese girl was going off on her great journey into the next life, alone and a little frightened.

Ms Hall, who apparently went off on holiday to Hawaii the day the report came out, claimed she was "shocked" by the facts contained in it.

When you work around cowards all day long, don't you think it's going to rub off on you?

Big Four firms signed off on the audits of a number of Chinese companies that have since got caught up in accounting scandals.

Not developing these skills allows you to generalize or go off on a tangent, losing the point you are trying to make.

As if Tuesday's sell-off on the stock market weren't enough to be worried about, now comes some more ominous news.

Still, the internal interview is often thought of as something to check off on a hiring to-do list rather than a source of real information.

Sheldon: As you know, several weeks ago in our first encounter, we may have gotten off on the wrong foot when I called you an idiot.

Asian shares were lower while U. S. stock futures were pointing to a bit of a rebound after a sharp sell-off on Wednesday.

if the chicks eyes open Large, lift your head, ready to take off on its daring greater is the top grade birds, you can select.

He also signed off on creating the company's PlayStation unit in the early 1990s, which became one of its biggest businesses.

You just have somebody off on the side with a hubcap ready to go.

Mr. Obama's star may have dimmed slightly in the U. S. , but politicians in Europe hope some of his stardust rubs off on them.

and when it comes to the crunch, we probably do better trying to stick to that, than rushing off on individual impulse.

He is the type of guy that will do what it takes to help you win. . . Sorry, I got off on a bit of a tangent.

I'm guessing that you're experiencing a lot of kids who aren't necessarily "happy campers" who aren't ready to be off on their own.

"I had to turn around quickly with an early kick-off on Saturday to try to put Wednesday behind me, " he explained.

A quadriplegic woman sailor set off on a solo journey around the British Isles June 16, 2008 in a boat she controls with her breath.

Even as it was, he got wet through for he had to stoop under branches and great loads of snow came sliding off on to his back.

A sell-off on Wednesday had pushed yields up to the 3. 50 percent area, which had recently attracted strong buying.

But no matter which process you use, the results fade within a few days, and might rub off on your clothes.

A goal that's readily apparent as Tame sets off on the run, with friends in a mini-control room pushing out his video to Ustream.

An American airline waited a year for officials to sign off on an already agreed route from Atlanta to Lagos.

Contrary to expectations, Gates did not sign off on a finalized version of the concept before stepping down.

It could be in your best interest to hold off on making a firm investment decision - at least for today.

It was pitched as being a stop-off on his way home.

He says he told them he was no longer willing to sign off on such work, leading to arguments between Bentu and his managers.

Hoping that some of this will rub off on our son, we named him Gordon, after the kind of Englishman that made England great.

So how could I dare to be so dissatisfied as to head off on such a selfish and self-seeking whim?

He escapes from his abusive, alcoholic father by faking his own murder and heading off on his own.

It would seem that Leviathan tired of such petty strife, and set off on his own, loyal only to his abyssal god, Maelrawn the Tentacular.

Let us set off on this pilgrimage of the spirit and let us ask him to be our guide.

Other rewards at the firm include movie tickets, a paid day off on a birthday, and a trip to Kansas City in appreciation for a project.

So, immediately after a night feeding in Paris, the hive was sealed and rushed off on an air liner.

It was too close to a girls' hostel and a high school, he explained, and they would be better off on another tract outside of town.

The weekend has been a write-off on the sex front, yet Colin and I feel closer and more relaxed than we have in a long time.

Our heroes set off on a harmless jaunt, but end up far below the surface, chased by a clownish madman.

Let's hope some of her patience rubs off on her brother.

A tiny little chick hatches from the egg and the children set off on an adventure to find the chick's mummy.

She convinced me once and for all that no book of mine is finished until she signs off on it.

The market regulator controlled by the central government must sign off on the decision. But Mr Fang said this was "the likely outcome" .

Now, having taken a huge write-off on a 2006 acquisition, it has by far the highest leverage of any of the super majors.

If you do not pay the minimum amount off on your statement each mouth or if you miss a payment your credit card company will penalize you.

Before I sign off on job-creating opera-construction initiatives , I'd like to see an effort to control for education levels a century ago.

The other books and everything kind of go off on their path, but I never ever really considered ever taking that particular story further.

It asked its employees if they would rather work for a month on full pay, work for a month on no pay at all, or take a month off on no pay.

He said, "Roger, ah, " and was cut off on a word that began with "buh . . . "

She did some shopping at the airport shops and returned to the car at which time she saw the Concorde take off on time.

Leaving the baby alone before he falls asleep might also help, as that would encourage the him to find ways to doze off on his own.

The catalyst arguably came four weeks ago today, just as Ms Naud was setting off on her holiday.

To boost their star power, celebrities will pair up in public with anyone--or anything--whose cool can rub off on them.

In a town like Toledo where you've still got a lot of skilled workers, they are poised to be able to take off on that.

"Foreign scientists' ideas and training can surely rub off on Chinese scientists, " he said.

In fact England is portrayed by a small girl who forgets her lines and her words are carried off on the wind.

The next day, after spending the night in a hut, we set off on the return trip to Kabul.

eg. I seem to have got off on the wrong foot with my new boss.

The children are always excited to start off on a lamping trip.

Use the risk control services of your broker and insurer as an extension of your corporate program. Don't let them go off on a tangent.

We were about to start off on the trip when it began to rain.

The pair of 'em came home for my mother's funeral and then Doge went off on his own, and Albus settled down as head of the family.

But Yao was not sure if he would be ready for the 2008 Stankovic Continental Champions Cup, which tips off on July 17.

Currently, only the name of the audit firm is required to sign off on an audit.

He never set off on time, , he was always late for work.

He said that he would be seeing me off on the 10 o'clock train.

Pups can swim within hours of their birth but stay with their mothers for up to two years before going off on their own.

In other cases, studios are holding off on the beginning of new productions in case they are interrupted in the summer by the strike.

And we thought we were going to be able to lay these debts off on our kids, but, guess what?

the news that spread the airport was that the planes couldn't take off on schedule because of a terrible storm.

We saw him off on the port, and he said goodbye to us on board.

Her suggestion is to use GPS to get to a new destination, but to turn it off on the way back or when going to familiar locations.

The president then rode off on a jewellery-bedecked horse, climbed into his helicopter and flew back to the capital, Ashgabat.

All of our pressure tests and material checks are witnessed by an inspector who signs off on their accuracy.

Practice was a little slow in the beginning today, Jackson said, something he figured would happen because of their day off on Thursday.

During that meeting, we were interrupted several times because Shane had to sign off on a quality check for an order.

I shall wait while others set off on their electric journeys, learn to recharge and test their battery limits.

The creator was involved in the casting process, signed off on all the scripts and stories and he wrote the fourth episode of this season.

A simple, "Thank you for your message" sometimes sets things off on the right foot. Let him or her know that you appreciate the feedback.

Apart from getting more sleep there are a few quick and easy things you can do to help set your day off on the right foot.

First, the pollution theory is weakened by the fact that no one can really find any Dead Sea otters washing off on Alaskan beaches.

So far, the companies, and regulators who sign off on their listing plans, appear to have high hopes.

So far, the companies, and regulators who sign off on their listing plans, appear to have high hopes.

Her very first day at work, the new girl got off on the right foot by making a profit for the company.

And I can't imagine a write-off on the scale doing wonders for the U. S. credit rating.

We are going to the airport to see Peter off on his trip to Europe.

Just take a little off on the top and shorten the back. But please don't make it too short.

A wooden spatula is more practical for stirring than a wooden spoon; its flat surfaces are easily scraped off on the side of a pan or bowl.

He just took the wheel of our station wagon, his mouth a grim line as we set off on the 150-mile drive back to Duluth.

In recognition of their vulnerability, the lichen fields have been marked off on maps and with fences.

Doing so helps you translate the data into a service level agreement (SLA) in which the customer signs off on.

Uganda's president, Yoweri Museveni, promised direct talks with Mr Kony last week, even as he signed off on military action to kill him.

Armed with that distinction, she set off on her 10-city quest to pair wine with Asian food.

A trader who hid a potential $10m loss from his bosses after going off on a long lunch has been handed a two-year ban by the City watchdog.

My dad will drop me off on his way to work.

If you find your guy getting moody around the same time your period hits, you could be rubbing off on him.

Regulators, as well as CCB itself, is likely to have to sign off on any strategic sale.

to place their faith in mere sentiment are better off bailing out of the region's hottest markets before heading off on holiday.

The emperor Claudius decreed that a slave who had been cast off on account of old age or sickness should become a free man.

A suggestion from his friendly rival in the field of light music, Offenbach, started Strauss off on a new trend.

Violence continued in Afghanistan as it prepared for a run-off on November 7th in its presidential election.

You can find freelance and temporary work easily now, but if I were you, I would hold off on taking a permanent position.

The picture that Barber put off on Palmer turned out to be worth less than tenth of the price.

Avoid associates with negative mental attitudes. Their attitudes will rub off on you and poison every effort you engage in.

Only tenuously linked to any civilian institution, they are above the law and sign off on virtually all big decisions.

But caution prevailed. The people's representatives listened to a few bankers preach investments and then held off on making a decision.

Without necessarily openly approaching other souls, you will uplift anyone around you and your positive attitude will rub off on others.

The celebrations kick off on Friday evening at Belmore Park in the heart of Sydney's Asian community.

is a tiny umbrella that helps it to float off on the wind.

So we'll go off on a road trip for a couple of days and I won't leave the saddle.

But being productive isn't about being able to point to items ticked off on a to-do list.

It was important for me to get off on the right foot with the Democratic leaders.

Mr Cuomo alleges that E&Y committed fraud by signing off on an accounting manoeuvre used by Lehman, known as Repo 105.

We all hoped he would stay with us longer so that some of his good qualities might rub off on us.

She said she would be setting off on the 10 o'clock train.

My having read Professor Lee's new book got me off on the right foot with him .

In that era you also had your upper-middle class and your lower-upper class and off on the side were the collar classes, white and blue.

John decided to go off on his own.

Push off on your stomach with your hands in streamline and lock your head between your arms.

"I sign off on everything, " she said. "I put a lot of hours in. "

The solution is to make sure that the shared VG of transaction log should be varied off on all the cluster nodes.

Phillip rides off on Samson towards the gate, where hot oil is thrown. Flora turns it into a rainbow.

The Western Kentucky alumni association, like the SEIU, must sign off on any changes in rates or fees.

Start the day off on a happy foot, with a happy thought. The morning hours are full of spiritual energy and prana (life force).

The money they receive is spent on fireworks to be set off on Bonfire Night.

A warning call was made to the Eleftherotypia newspaper, saying the device would explode in 20 minutes. The police say it went off on time.

There is no evidence yet that DTT is at fault, even though it signed off on previous accounts for both LFT and CCME.

And to start off on your crusade for memory-leak finding, you'll create a test MySQL database, shown in Listing 4.

Despite opposing capital punishment, Chiba signed off on the executions of two convicted killers and attended their hangings last month.

With the US longing for new direction and the president's ratings badly on the slide, Mr Obama headed off on his summer holiday.

It's not your fault, Tarenar. He ran off on his own will. None of us could stop him.

That means they are willing to offer tough love to help their younger sibling get his directing career off on the right foot.

Attitudes are catchy. Whether they're positive or negative, they're rubbing off on you and those around you.

Obama must personally sign off on the pipeline, if it is to go ahead.

The cron facility seems the natural place to turn the extra instance on and off on a preset schedule.

Wang Chin-chen is unable to come, because I've sent her off on something else; so there will be just the four of us in on this discussion.

Coach Byron Scott can only hope his championship pedigree rubs off on his team.

I'm off on holiday, so I won't be seeing you for a bit.

Therefore, TRUSTWORTHY is always OFF on a new mirror database.

On March 5, Carlyle Group began asking some of the world's largest banks to hold off on margin calls and the liquidation of its assets.

Milan had a let-off on 18 minutes when Pazzini sent a close-range header against the bar and Alessandro Nesta was on hand to clear.

Retailers that it has hitherto chaperoned online may now want to set off on their own rather than share the spoils.

the Camilla I know is unique: charming and chatty, but this much you could have guess; the tangents she goes off on, you could not.

eg. Ben had planned a steak dinner for himself after seeing Jackie off on her plane.

Speculation then took off on Saudi websites that Israeli intelligence was training the birds as part of an espionage mission.

This type of "clean up" rarely goes as far as it should, and usually ends up starting a project off on a very poor footing.

The attitudes of my teammates quickly rubbed off on me and made me strive for more.

I also believe he must meet a monumental challenge before we sign off on his all-time status: He must meet and beat Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Only one person , the first officer , survived . Investigators are looking into whether the plane had taken off on a wrong runway .

The newspaper has published documents that show he signed off on every page of the interview, as well as audio files of extracts.

Because if your cinema can't be bothered to show films properly, we might as well stay home and watch dogs blowing off on YouTube.

But that 's due to natural predators like vultures that pick them off on a beach or predatory fish that are waiting offshore .

Damin sets off on his bamboo raft with his birds. When he reaches the right place, he stops.

Going off on a redesign will consume all your resources and time, the redesign may get sidetracked or never finished.

Wished some of her luck would rub off on me.

He signed off on an optimistic note: "The goose keeps laying a golden egg, and the best is yet to come. "

I've worked my butt off on this all day.

In the event, Republicans split, and signed off on $14. 5 billion in new taxes and a less than airtight spending cap.

They all have to sign off on the final results, making for a very tight timetable.

No one gets a day off. On Valentine's Day people usually send romantic cards to someone they love or want to be loved by.

The guy can play three positions, is a very good three point shooter, works his butt off on defense and is the obvious leader on the team.

Why does the rustle of sheets wake us up on some nights, but we sleep through the sound of our alarm clocks going off on others?

Why does the rustle of sheets wake us up on some nights, but we sleep through the sound of our alarm clocks going off on others?

The train starts off on wheels, then gravitates upward after reaching high speeds.

The global auto industry is suffering this year as worsening economic prospects lead consumers world - wide to hold off on big purchases.

I really, really do? feel confident that it will take off on time and safely, he said.

Companies sent delegations to tour Toyota's factories in the hope that some of its magic would rub off on them.

The shuttle had been due to take off on a 2-week mission to the International Space Station. BBC News.

As he had a passion for walking, we started off on foot.

I don't know. He walked up and started going off on her again.

While lending you the substantial sum of money, Imade it clear to you that if you coulen't pay it off on time, you might be accused of.

We had a week off on National Day.

While lending you the substantial sum of money, Imade it clear to you that if you coulen't pay it off on time, you might be accused of.

We had a week off on National Day.

The football match was called off on account of the weather.

In the opening minutes, Rafer Alston took off on a hard back cut with Yao finding him deep in the paint for a layup.

Delivery of Russian gas to Europe was completely cut off on January 7, with Kyiv and Moscow blaming one another for shutting the valves.

One of the few chances to rest will be next week and Milan have scheduled a day off on Monday.

Hillary and Tenzing set off on a cloudless morning after spending a night at high altitude on the south peak of the infamous South Col.

He also promised to hold off on a massive South Korean canal project, if it is clear the people are against it.

Mr. Li is very lucky; I wish some of his luck would rub off on me.

His car has been parked too near the wall, and some of the paint has rubbed off on the brick.

The Employee shall BE granted time off on all holidays, Labor Day and the days that prescriBEd by the central competent authority.

Don't you think it needs a little taken off on top, too?

Definitely not this week. I'm off on a trip to Shenzhen today and I' won't be back until next week.

The "Heroes" website hosts cartoons, subsequently printed and bound into graphic novels, that go off on tangents to the main story.

Some BHP shareholders this week called on Mr Kloppers to hold off on attempts to make transformational acquisitions.

I had finished school, worked all summer, and was heading off on a tour of European football grounds.

e. g. We wished him Godspeed as he set off on his quest for happiness.

Persian merchants are pleased to start off on a journey with this Baozhu return ship voyage down the river road, cross-strait picturesque.

A warm August weekend. At the early morning trailheads, casual hikers are setting off on long and short loops.

After earlier predictions of a dry race meeting, it then rained overnight before the event officially kicked off on Friday.

Afterwards I just hated myself for giving in and getting off on images that treated women like pieces of meat.

Even though the Turtles were given precise rules. Dennis's weakness for discretionary decisions rubbed off on his students.

I was about to set off on my search when the woman said something in an excited voice.

The other option is to hold off on paying our suppliers and hope that our income goes up next month, as predicted.

Carrying a sleep debt throughout the week with the hopes of paying it off on the weekend is a bad strategy.

Mike: You see how you are raising your daughter? I mean your basic disrespect for me is rubbing off on the geek woman here.

Atlantis is due to blast off on Friday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, bound for the International Space Station.

Yonder she is, standing in a streak of sunshine, a good way off, on the other side of the brook, So thou thinkest the child will love me?

And, like the LFT situation, DTT had signed off on prior year accounts.

I threw a small stone to it curiously. But it just raised its head and then fell off on the ground.

So the monster decided to go off on a journey to find himself a name.

Once received, the son promptly sets off on a long journey to a distant land and begins to waste his fortune on wild living.

"No other examiner I know would sign off on it, " he said.

Michael and Lisa hit it off on their very first date, at a dinner party of a mutual friend.

I've repeatedly tried to enthuse him about commercial possibilities, but he scoffs and sends me off on wild goose chases.

No one ever hurries in Vanuatu. But eventually, after great amount of discussion, we're led off on foot towards the beach.

On Monday, Eurozone finance ministers signed off on 78 billion euros in loans to Portugal to help the country fight its debt crisis.

One of the Moon Swirls is termed the Check Mark, because two tubes of swirling minor moons trail off on either side of the dominant moon.

We all know where that mojo is buried, and Nadal will have a chance to dig it up and dust it off on the clay courts of Europe next spring.

It is true that the front-runner in the run-off on February 7th is the Russian-backed villain of 2004-05, Viktor Yanukovich (pictured left).

People magazine reports that the two were wed in a secret ceremony last night, and have already shipped off on their honeymoon!

Walk into the Garden Plaza, take the elevator, and get off on the third floor.

It's what the women in our family seem to do, they just go off on adventures.

Climate change took off on the back of science and a storm of weather-related disasters.

The week will kick off on Monday with May personal income and consumption, or spending, data. Both are seen up a tick.

They lifted off on July 21, 1969 as planned and returned to Earth a few days later.

and I'm damned if I'll have any man, darky or White, throwing off on him.

The two keepers were carried off on stretchers after collisions with Reading players during Saturday evening's Premiership game.

The anniversary ceremony was called off on account of the rain.

This makes the apartment set off on an eventful but a new storm.

Earlier this year, I set off on a journey that took me around the world without any luggage.

They set off on a fine morning.

DAN: Yeah, maybe. But you have to make some kind of contact. Didn't you say you were off on a boat, in the middle of nowhere?

Watchful waiting, or monitoring symptoms while holding off on medical or surgical treatments, is a reasonable plan for these men, he added.

Harper leaves Joe for the last time and sets off on an optimistic voyage to San Francisco to begin her own life.

The group gets a rake - off on all the company 's sale .

The young couple wished their naughty son off on his grandparents for the summer holidays.

Will some of that old magic rub off on Obama?

So for now, I'm holding off on the rechargeable option, though it may well be an ideal option for others.

He tried to foist some inferior goods (off) on me.

I'd hold off on buying any of those until the target price is updated.

dont be so down. wit once bought is worth twice taught. you can try and palm them off on another guy.

We'd like to see the two candidates square off on camera .

"Every Tuesday, " he says, "they would trade each other's surplus leftovers and palm them off on us kids as a whole new meal. "

Milan's best seasons in recent years have come when Shevchenko has got off on the right foot.

Still, the aide predicted the nomination would get through the Senate, which must sign off on it, with relative ease.

After that, the banking crisis melted away and Japan set off on one of its longest postwar expansions.

The lights were turned off on the famed Sydney Opera House as well as the Harbour Bridge.

He got off on the wrong foot with a tactless remark about his audience.

The game of love is never called off on account of darkness .