Sentence examples similar to it trifles with from inspiring English sources

Any bill that trifles with basic law cannot be railroaded through.

The old maxim about media moguls warns against picking fights with people who buy their ink by the barrel, but last week a marketing firm showed that it was not to be trifled with after it distributed a news release trying to shame a client that owed it money.

If the Senate truly respected the Constitution it is sworn to uphold, it would not be trifling with the Bill of Rights and its precious guarantee of freedom of speech.

In response, a very surprised SEC showed that it could not be trifled with in this fashion.

It is not to be trifled with.

It's not anything to be trifled with".

The Congress has trifled with the railroad men as it has trifled with the mailmen, and probably won't deal with that problem either until it is confronted with another potential calamity.

But if "And Furthermore" contains any revelations, Mr. Miller says, it's that she is not to be trifled with.

At one moment it had seemed that this interpretation was going to be trifled with.

Though down, it is apparently far from out, and not to be trifled with.

It seemed like something that was too powerful to be trifled with, like a planchette resting atop a Ouija board.