Flaherty knows full-well the fiscal reality of the various provinces as opposed to the poor-mouth they like to put on for the cameras. From Wordnik.com. [Flaherty coy on federal hand-outs] Reference
This is a goldmine is useful information, including a clear indication that those who seek to poor-mouth the provincial government's revenues are dead wrong. From Wordnik.com. [Equalization options, by the numbers] Reference
Meanwhile both sides are already playing the expectations game -- as two talented debaters poor-mouth their own skills while making the other out to be a latter-day Cicero. From Wordnik.com. [KERRY'S NEW CALL TO ARMS] Reference
Who thought it would be a good idea for the wife of the former chairman of Enron to poor-mouth before a national TV audience that probably included hundreds who had lost their savings in the company's spectacular crash-and-burn bankruptcy?. From Wordnik.com. [A Conspiracy Of Notebooks] Reference
Like why the Premier would poor-mouth Hibernia royalties when he knows the project will move to a high royalty regime within the next five years or so, thereby pouring billions into provincial coffers over a longer period of time than previous expected?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-07-01] Reference
Now, aside from the extreme, poor-mouth exaggeration and favor-currying spin of her “People have been trying to push me out of this since Iowa” schtick, there is the truly disturbing self-aggrandizement that's got tongues a 'wagging — namely her invocation of the tragic and abrupt ending of Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 primary run late in the campaign season as a reasoning for the dogged continuance of her own campaign here some forty years later. From Wordnik.com. [Palpitations...And No Pride To Speak Of.] Reference
When we give folks gifts even broke folks, who poor-mouth all day long, the booty is theirs to do with as they wish. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
One thing I haven't seen addressed in the "this economy" poor-mouth, media stories is how we retirees are spending our money. From Wordnik.com. [Collecting My Thoughts] Reference
Another thing people hate about arbitration is that it forces a team to essentially poor-mouth their own player right in front of him, or at least his representative. From Wordnik.com. [The Hardball Times] Reference
Then, as he enters 2011, Akerson will plead poor-mouth to the labor union, bemoaning fierce competition from Korean and Japanese rivals, while warning of great economic uncertainty. From Wordnik.com. [Freep.com - RSS] Reference
Loot our SSI, cry poor-mouth, bury us in a deficit, threaten to CUT SSI for people who paid into it their whole lives, but lend trillions at zero interest to the rich, not to mention foreign markets. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
Please don't poor-mouth me. From Wordnik.com. [The Boat of a Million Years]
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