Sentence examples for it is akin to asking from inspiring English sources

It is akin to asking Billy Joel to open for Coldplay, but Lemieux is not complaining.

It is akin to asking the Muslims to hand over al-Aqsa - there's just no way they would, and who can blame them?

It is akin to asking why extension is the essence of body, or why thought is the essence of mind.

It's akin to asking the character actor Steve Buscemi to carry a big-budget movie.

Otherwise, it's akin to asking someone to officiate a football game wearing a blindfold.

As the union issued an unusually blunt statement, a Balpa spokesman said it was akin to asking the police to investigate the police since the CAA was itself responsible for the safety regime which could be at fault.

It's akin to asking for five especially beautiful grains of sand from a beach.

According to Matwyshyn, it is legally hazy whether accessing someone's Facebook account where that information is available is akin to asking it in the interview.

Celebrating it on a government sanctioned day is akin to asking "Massa" to control and validate black reality.

The second-highest is dithering: using universities to reduce the time it takes to turn an idea into a finished product is akin to asking the Mafia to reduce corruption.

Yet, expecting them to share this new-found wealth is akin to asking Maryland to share its lottery proceeds with New York state.The bulk of support and grass-roots assistance programmes for struggling Native Americans comes from small individual donations through charities like ours.