Sentence examples for got a thumbs down from inspiring English sources

If the federation decided the company met the standard, it awarded a "thumbs up" symbol; if it needed some work, it got a hammer; and if it didn't meet the standard, it got a "thumbs down".

His performance as president got a thumbs down from more than two-thirds of the likely voters in the state, the survey found.

Eighteen states have reduced card fees for A.T.M. withdrawals and purchases, and just three cards get a "thumbs down" from the center in the new report, down from 16 in the initial analysis.

Even the idea of paying ten pounds to see a doctor gets a thumbs down from voters, and even politicians who wish the NHS was more like the American health service have to admit that virtually everyone disagrees with them.

As for Arabella, she, too, got a thumbs-down from Goodman, Thompson.

In 2011, its pay practices got a thumbs-down from a quarter of the shares voted at its annual meeting.

(The noodles got a thumbs-down. Still, in my world, Harry tasting something counts as a victory).

A DAY after receiving a thumbs-up from voters, Barack Obama got a thumbs-down from the stockmarket, which fell 2%, its biggest fall in a year.

That idea got a thumbs-down yesterday from some prominent players, including Specter and Rep. Jane Harman (Calif ., the House intelligence committee's top Democrat.

Every one of the other four got a thumbs-down: the rescue of the financial system (61% to 37%), the stimulus package (52% to 43%), the bail-out of the car companies (56% to 43%) and health reform (56% to 39%).Later the same month the president admitted that he had failed to sell his policies well enough.

The Trip (BBC2) got a thumbs-down in its first week, with many unable to see the point of sending Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon up north to eat and drink themselves silly while trying to outdo one another with their impressions.