Sentence examples for a rod for from inspiring English sources

Otherwise, you create a rod for your back.

"Playing the guitar is like a rod for my own back.

But the difficulty is that Wolff has made something of a rod for his own back.

The government, with its self-imposed immigration cap, is making a rod for its own back.

"In a sense we've created a rod for our own back.

When he was finished, Porter decided to set up a rod for himself in the downrigger.

YES cannot ignore A-Rod for long.

James, supposedly the world's greatest teammate, juxtaposed against A-Rod, for some, the world's worst.

(They call the channel "Ajam" — pronounced like A-Rod — for the way it's abbreviated).

(Ultimately, Major League Baseball suspended A-Rod for two hundred and eleven games, a decision he is appealing).

Any agent with a player like A-Rod for a client would want the Yankees to drive up the bidding.