If it leaks like a sieve, is there anything you can do about it?. From Wordnik.com. [Guest Post: Personal Factor Four: Organizing Real Environmental Action with the Internet] Reference
A sieve is a mechanism, specifically, a device which selects or separates from among that which already exists. From Wordnik.com. [Assessing Causality] Reference
The mind of a sieve is a beautiful thing to waste. From Wordnik.com. [Ann Aguirre » Blog Archive » T13] Reference
Similarly, a sieve is a tool that is used to strain or sift. From Wordnik.com. [LearnHub Activities] Reference
WILLIS: But you are leaking money like a sieve is the problem. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 17, 2007] Reference
A sieve was a watertight compartment in comparison with that elongated shed. From Wordnik.com. [Flying for France With the American escadrille at Verdun] Reference
Only, it's a selective sieve, which is the way of most sieves, now that I think on it. From Wordnik.com. ["My weakness laid bare, as people stop and stare."] Reference
In order to protect it on Oscar night, he says, every hole in the so-called sieve will have to be sealed off. From Wordnik.com. [Keeping The Stars Safe] Reference
The genes that fall through the sieve are the minority that drop through from the current generation to the next. From Wordnik.com. [New Statesman] Reference
Collins called the Wizards defense a "sieve," and it was. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Wizards continue losing ways] Reference
The eyelashes serve as a kind of sieve to exclude the dust, and, with the lids, to shield against a blinding light. From Wordnik.com. [Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics] Reference
And their sieve is reduction. From Wordnik.com. [GreenCine Daily: Shorts, 11/16.] Reference
Besides calling the opposing team's goalie a "sieve," he is also referred to as a "funnel,". From Wordnik.com. [The Daily Cardinal Online] Reference
The motion is a kind of sieve-and-pepper-box shaking that is not so bad, provided the mules behave themselves, which is not often. From Wordnik.com. [New Forces in Old China : An Inevitable Awakening] Reference
8 Arkansas (down from 7) - Not even the word "sieve" suffices. From Wordnik.com. [Scout.com > CollegeFootballNews.com] Reference
The stock should be strained through a hair sieve or. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
Lately, though, the central bank has become a sieve. From Wordnik.com. [Pssst! Fed Sources Say...] Reference
Ever tried to take out water out of a boat by a sieve?. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Vladimir A. Masch: Balanced Capitalism] Reference
Rub the potatoes through a sieve or mash them smoothly. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
"" This campaign leaks like a sieve, '' he told a friend. From Wordnik.com. [Don't Look Now] Reference
Strain through a sieve, and cook until you have one quart. From Wordnik.com. [Things Mother Used to Make] Reference
The sieve distributes the weight uniformly, mystifying scientists. From Wordnik.com. [Traveling Sharks] Reference
To keep you on defense, Comcast leaks like a sieve to the news vultures. From Wordnik.com. [MIKE TO MIKE: HEY, I FEEL YOUR PAIN] Reference
He that will keep water in a sieve, must use more than ordinary diligence. From Wordnik.com. [The Riches of Bunyan] Reference
And we might even use a sieve to sort through samples of mud from the sea bed. From Wordnik.com. [How did they count all the fish in the sea?] Reference
When she finishes that job, she'll use a fine-mesh sieve, looking for tiny ones. From Wordnik.com. [Gems in a Graveyard] Reference
Interdiction sometimes seems like bailing an ocean with a thimble -- no, a sieve. From Wordnik.com. [About Cocaine And Bananas] Reference
Leave them there for 1 minute, and then drain the pot's contents through a fine sieve. From Wordnik.com. [That's Rich!] Reference
The pool was a murky green shade, as if the water had been filtered through a moss-sieve. From Wordnik.com. [Swimming Lessons] Reference
When the vegetables are soft rub the soup through a wire sieve and return to the saucepan. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
Here's a cutting-edge problem: make one pile of sand with a funnel and another with a sieve. From Wordnik.com. [Traveling Sharks] Reference
Rub through a sieve, return to the saucepan and boil up, season to taste, and serve very hot. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
Rub through a sieve and return to the saucepan; stir in the butter, salt, and pepper to taste. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
Rub the tomatoes through a sieve and stir them in with the rest of the gravy, bring to the boil. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
Rub the tomatoes through a sieve; mix with half a pint of the liquor in which the fish was cooked. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
Rub them through a sieve, return to the saucepan and make thoroughly hot, and it is ready to serve. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
In other words, says security expert Stephen Vale of Citigate Global Intelligence and Security, "The place is like a sieve.". From Wordnik.com. [Keeping The Stars Safe] Reference
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