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"I thought Romney was a shoo-in, " he said. "Something is way wrong. It may take a revolution to straighten out our government. "

From being a shoo-in at the next election, the man who was supposed to have tamed the terrorists is now looking more like a has-been.

He said it would have been unusual for the animals not to show curiosity and that the best reaction was to "shoo" them.

"Then get out of the car and shoo it off the road, " I suggested halfheartedly .

From the directness of his words and the tone, I suspected he was trying to shoo me away from his home and his neck of the woods.

His surprise candidacy has breathed life into a poll that most observers presumed would be a shoo-in for Mr Mugabe.

Then she called over her daughter and asked her to shoo away the bothersome bugs.

Guards at the gates to two of them - a gold mine and a hemp plantation - shoo travelers away unless they are able to pay a toll.

She spat as she ran to cover the well, shoo in the chickens and close the door and windows.

Why waste time with years of psychoanalysis or therapy if you can shoo your problems away with a pill?

But rising prices for moo-shoo pork due to increasing middle-class appetites and upticks in inflation may be the least concern to Beijing.

Lola: Maybe you would have to help me shoo a few down the plug hole? shoo, shoo, shoo!

If it were a paid public office, I wouldn't run for the position, even though I'm a shoo-in.

Now the men pull out what remains of the corpse--only a bloody skeleton--and shoo away the remaining birds.

This is why Mr Banda, with his slogan of "security, stability and prosperity" , is not the shoo-in that might be expected.

The IMF board, though, decided on Thursday on an open procedure, suggesting that Mr Strauss-Kahn may not necessarily be a shoo-in.

It rolled out a massive economic stimulus package, estimated at 4 trillion yuan, so it looks like 8 percent could be a shoo-in.

As policemen beat him with a bamboo stick to shoo him and his family away, his home in Mumbai's slums was swiftly demolished.

He should be a shoo-in. But his two public appearances since the crash have seemed wooden and unsympathetic.

He had never held any public office besides country election commissioner . His opponent in the Republican primary seemed a shoo -in .

It is almost impossible to ignore the children, and the troops find it hard to shoo them away.

The American presidency is Hillary Clinton's to lose. But that doesn't make her a shoo-in just yet.

Many greens are more interested in the opposition Tories, who look a shoo-in at the election which must take place by next summer.

Cheng Long: The series are somewhat like " shoo away the big gun of day " the series can be by often taking a sequel.

Only a few weeks ago Mr Santos was seen by many as a shoo-in.

Bale and Leo were considered shoo-ins, and it was just two of many awards that went as expected.

and, if opinion polls are any guide, Mr Cameron looks like being a shoo-in at the next general election, due by June 2010.

'Hearken, hearken, shoo's cursing on 'em! ' muttered Joseph, towards whom I had been steering.

"Yep, " the farmer said as he watched the trooper shoo away several flies.

Morocco, another American ally, also faces elections next year, with analysts predicting a shoo-in for the Islamist opposition.

Forgive me if I shoo you away now, but I must.

Shoo-in for She was a shoo-in for the Beauty Pageant.

It tries to shoo the finches away, but a gruesome kind of artistry comes into play here.

RC: Now shoo, go bug someone else for a bit.

Opinion polls at first made him a shoo-in for the presidency.

The superstar of 2008, who once looked like a shoo-in for re-election, now appears extremely vulnerable.

I think this pair is a definite shoo-in for the annual Best Actor and Actress award, filial piety acting category.

A whole Shoo Fly Pie. . . and I didn't even get a piece!

They saw Hagen shoo Sonny through the French door into the Don's office and then crook a finger at Amerigo Bonasera.

Box jellies are also shoo-ins for the "Best Eyes" category.

Judging by the conduct of all recent elections in Russia, Mr Medvedev will be a shoo-in.

If voters made up their minds according to each party's stated policies, Mr Obama would probably be a shoo-in.

At one point Avastin, also called bevacizumab, seemed a shoo-in to be approved for breast cancer.

Martins is a shoo-in for the presidency. The other candidates don't have a chance.

Get outta here, ya scavengers. Go on! Shoo!

Moo Shu Pork - MOO-shoo is a stir-fry dish with pork and eggs rolled in small.

Reagan was a shoo-in in the 1984 presidential election.

He is a shoo-in for the office of mayor.

Everyone knew he was a shoo-in.

Shoo those birds away, they're eating my garden seeds!

Yes, just don't look behind sofa. Now, you're a shoo-in, darling.

Hey, get off my lawn! Go on shoo!

Some million years after -- pshoo-shoo, bloop-bloop -- ah, wake up!

Shoo! Go on! Shoo! Shoo!

He is a shoo-in for the "Best Actor" award.

"When we see Arabs heading towards us we start shouting to get the army to shoo them away, " says a 12-year-old settler.

He is a shoo-in for the governorship.

Bad Wolf! Bad Wolf! Now, shoo!

He is a shoo-in for the presidency.

Oh, my God, no! Shoo, kitty!

He is a shoo-in for the Senate seat.

Shoo, Fly, Don't Bother Me.

Harry: A shoo-in! It means you're certain to get the job!

Just because you look good on paper doesn't mean you're a shoo-in for the job.

Despite Ma's lead in the polls, he's not yet a shoo-in.

This is pretty much a shoo-in.

I am a shoo-in for a job at this company.

The movie was considered a shoo-in for the Oscar nomination,

He is a shoo-in for the head coach position,

So shoo, fly, don't bother me,