off the hook

I had thought she was giving a supervision, not a lecture, and letting her off the hook would have wasted even more of her time.

Robert Kennedy, JFK's attorney general, was an important part of the back-channel negotiations that got us off the hook.

This can be a good way both to prompt a speedy turnaround, and to let people off the hook in the long term.

If he had chosen another target in the mobile-mad city state, he might have got off the hook.

Tell everyone you know: "My happiness depends on me, so you're off the hook. "

But Egypt and the Palestinians may not be prepared to let Israel off the hook.

Forgiveness is not about letting the other person off the hook. It's about pulling the knife out of your own gut.

"He hated posing for pictures with strangers in restaurants, but she did not let him off the hook, " writes Ms Kantor.

They settled for "someone with at least a second degree in economics" (which thankfully lets me off the hook).

Year end is usually off the hook with all wrapping up activities and the exciting anticipation .

It will probably get you off the hook for a few days or months or keep the problem on the back burner.

Coulson also points to a flaw in auction procedure that lets truant buyers off the hook: houses do not have to honor most defaulted bids.

But I don't think he will let me off the hook if I'm late again.

One is a statement, and the other is a question. One lets you off the hook, and the other forces you to think.

Data revisions, though, are unlikely to get Beijing fully off the hook of a dilemma of its own making.

Ask for two or ten or three hundred melons, and the number lets you off the hook by replacing the article altogether.

But just as I've never let her off the hook for screaming meanness, I don't believe my Italian ancestry explains my moods.

I'm letting you off the hook this time. But next time! Next time, you have to say it from the heart. Okay?

Yet what the industry and its defenders demand is, of course, precisely that it be let off the hook for the damage it causes.

You think you're off the hook just by leaving? Dream on!

"You know his agent's phone is ringing off the hook, " one Beijinger put it.

The committee be to let the CEO off the hook if he resigns his post.

In any case, for now PC makers still seem to be off the hook.

You know what I say? I say this prom is gonna be off the hook!

But officials have also argued at each point of the process that letting banks off the hook serves the interests of the economy as a whole.

Sorry, the phone must be off the hook. Would you mind waiting for a moment?

That's not to say that the guys are entirely off the hook.

You want me to let you off the hook again?

I had meetings back to back all morning. And phone rang off the hook from the minute I walked into the office.

The next day, our phone started ringing off the hook.

The box office phones were ringing off the hook all day.

Largely because of Chinese recalcitrance, North Korea was all-but let off the hook by the United Nations this month.

'The phone was ringing off the hook, '' he said.

He was just shocked, shocked when he phone started ringing off the hook.

let you off the hook You think God will let you off the hook?

Let me off the hook with a mild reprimand .

Since the earthquake, the Red Cross lines have been ringing off the hook.

The phone behind the bullion counter rings off the hook as a frantic sales clerk tries to answer buyers' questions .

But EU diplomats say none of this will let Turkey off the hook over Cyprus.

No criminal trial for Britney Spears after she caused a fender-bender in a Los Angeles-area parking lot. Spears isn't off the hook though.

At that point something wakes me up, so I'm off the hook. I lie in the dark and listen to my heart pound until I fall back to sleep.

While most of Ms Lagarde's to-do list applied to Europe and America, the big emerging economies were not let off the hook.

What a busy day! The telephone has been ringing off the hook all day long.

He left the phone off the hook as he didn't want to be disturbed .

On birthdays, I'd shut the door and take the phone off the hook.

Tough, tough loss last night cause we really thought we let the Lakers off the hook and should have won that game.

And few would let China off the hook for keeping down the value of its currency, surely a big factor in its global cash surplus.

Seeing that he couldn't answer the question, I tried to get him off the hook by changing the subject.

One of the main worries of the uneasy is that by supporting bond markets the central bank lets governments off the hook.

I was thinking of taking the phone off the hook for the rest of day. What do you think?

PO3: I'll tell you what--I'll let you off the hook this time.

Let Athens off the hook now, German officials still warn, and Portugal and Spain will think they should be spared the worst.

For two weeks, Ms. Fazeela Abdul Rashid phone rang off the hook in her university hostel room.

Am I just letting myself off the hook if I forgive myself?

The Fair Work Ombudsman took action against Mr Francis after he got his company off the hook by placing it into voluntary administration.

engineers describe the incident rare, estimated to be off the hook wire and lead to overheating or foreign body.

Garrison's phones have been ringing off the hook since the house was put on the market on Friday.

His brother paid all his bills and he was off the hook.

Whom do you work for? ' They're not just going to let you off the hook by accepting the fact you're a salesman.

My boss asked me to work on Sunday . how can I get off the hook .

So I often encourage people to let themselves off the hook, cut themselves some slack.

Hamas, which refuses to renounce violence or recognize Israel, accused the Arab League of letting Israel off the hook.

The telephone has been ringing off the hook ever since the ad appeared in the paper.

I don't think you'll get off the hook unless you correct the mistake yourself.

As soon as he saw her smile he knew he was off the hook.

Dai Weidong's gold-plated cell phone has been ringing off the hook lately with local entrepreneurs looking for financing help.

Spears isn't off the hook though. She still faces a charge of driving without a license and will have a hearing next month.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) -- Two Chinese gymnasts suspected of being underage at the 2000 Olympics aren't off the hook yet.

But what they detest is the idea that it might let feckless Italians and Portuguese off the hook.

His father paid his rent , and that got him off the hook with the landlord.

Some say that forgiveness is unjust because the wrongdoer should not be let off the hook.

My phone keeps ringing-off the hook with customers complaining about those USB cables you sold me .

Security officials would also be off the hook.

She reached for the dish towel hanging off the hook, but Todd angled his body to block her.

The bill lets U. S. corporations off the hook for any nuclear accidents they cause on Indian soil.

And skinny people are not off the hook when it comes to the risks of sedentary behavior.

Still, certain sugar sources may not be entirely off the hook.

He just got every single one of us off the hook .

Apparently, the shot setup didn't require my presence, so I was let off the hook at the last minute.

Don't confront him directly, as any halfway decent lawyer will be adept at wriggling off the hook.

Amazing! That was off the hook. I didn't expect you to get that right.

Yet China cannot be left off the hook.

In this paper, the author states his viewpoints on the reform of SOEs from the aspects of strengthening management and off-the-hook.

You could talk to Sarah for me and get me off the hook.

I'll be out of town when the managing director visits us, so that lets me off the hook.

Sorry, but the case that letting banks off the hook would help the housing market just doesn't hold together.

Once I got voicemail. But usually it rings off the hook.

Yes, we agree, she should've kept her baby name a secret if she didn't want feedback. . . but that doesn't let you off the hook.

Sometimes I keep the phone off the hook to avoid distractions.

The film's circular structure shows how a victim on one day could be a victimizer on another, and doesn't let anyone off the hook.

We must let him wait there for more than a couple of hours before letting him off the hook easily.

Rich country governments were not let off the hook by their voters.

let me off the hook.

Berger: Why don't you give yourself a break? Let yourself off the hook.

They took the phone off the hook so no calls would disturb them.

If you are caught coming in late again, you won't get off the hook so easily anymore.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) frets that looser rules will let key derivative traders, such as hedge funds, off the hook.

She tried to get off the hook by blaming me.

You can't force Ryan to love you, but walking out lets him off the hook .

Jane: Thanks for your reminding. I am off the hook today.

phone almost give you a mobile phone ringing off the hook!

With Spruance's casual words, Pug Henry was off the hook.

From the giver's point of view, once someone has let you off the hook in this way, you should feel no pressure to contribute.

Tessio: Tom, can you get me off the hook? For old times sake? Tom: Can't do it, Sally.

If you get caught stealing, a smile won' t get you off the hook.

Let your kids know they are off the hook on vacations -- there will be no talk about grades [or whatever].

Master Huang: Well, I let you off the hook this time.

eg: We almost sued the magazine for libel, but in the end we let them off the hook.

The boxer let his opponent off the hook many times.

We provide the service that lets them off the hook.

Our phone has been ringing off the hook all weekend. What's the deal?

If you get caught stealing, a smile won't get off the hook.

I bet they' ve got hotlines ringing off the hook somewhere upstairs.

I don't believe his boss has let him off the hook again.

I know you made a promise, I'm letting you off the hook.

But you're not getting off the hook that easily.

That lets Mr Kibaki off the hook far too easily.

But nor can he let Mr Obama entirely off the hook.

Instead, the problem has been deferred for another decade, letting the government off the hook.

It's been ringing off the hook all morning.

A phone hangs off the hook on Wall Street.

Once they found the real culprit, they let Mary off the hook.

Aren't you just letting him off the hook?

The phone has been ringing off the hook today.

We cannot let every bad person off the hook. That is unethical. The ultimate contradiction.

It's off the hook. You should have been there.

And the phoneS are ringing off the hook!

When we label rape in Congo "cultural, " we let ourselves off the hook.

My phone was ringing off the hook.

OK, let you off the hook this time.

I say, this prom is gonna be off the hook!

You don't get off the hook that easily.

I am glad to be off the hook.

I'm so grateful that my son has another person to look after her. I am finally off the hook.

My phone has been ringing off the hook.

Let someone off the hook.

The scariest thing about these words is that they let you off the hook.

For example, if someone is "off the hook, " it means that he is no longer in trouble.

So how did they get off the hook?

But since Iceland's population is a mere 300, 000, they're off the hook.

Tom, can you get me off the hook? For old times's sake?

Can you get me off the hook? For old times' sake.

You're so lucky the teacher let you off the hook this time.

I'm letting you off the hook.

The phone is off the hook.

Today was off the hook!

That's off the hook I think it sounds very manageable.

How can I get off the hook?

So shouldn't they, too, be off the hook - based on the Sony precedent?

I let him off the hook.

You're off the hook.

"The study doesn't let transgressors off the hook, " said Garcia.

That doesn't get you off the hook.

I'm off the hook now.

While we appreciate the support, we can not let cheaters off the hook as they ruin the game for everyone.

I couldn't get any work done this morning because the phone kept ringing off the hook.

Play tennis isn't my strong suit. Could you let me off the hook? I 'm begging you.

It can make any politician's telephone ring off the hook.

off the hook: intense or out of control, but typically in a good or fascinating way

Necessity of adjustment of coal industry's structure --Investigation and research for coal industry off the hook

Zealous greens are wary of carbon-trading on the moral ground that it lets the rich off the hook;

A Munich moment for the continent's leaders as President Robert Mugabe is let off the hook, again

I think you're kinda fly and your ride sure is off the hook

I'm letting myself off the hook for things I've done

God has got his phone off the hook, babe

Then if the egg don't stain you'll be ringin' off the hook

Get someone off the hook

Your phone is off the hook

My phone is off the hook,

then i rang it off the hook