Sentence examples for jumping on the table from inspiring English sources

Idiom

On the table.

If a plan or proposal is on the table, it is being discussed.

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I remember like it was yesterday that my glass of milk was jumping on the table to the rhythm of cannonballs "not fired" on Sarajevo.

Over lunch on a screened porch she chatted easily as Prince, her sturdy 4-year-old cat, sought attention by jumping on the table.

The good news is that I won't really lose it over anything, but the downside is that my leadership style is to not be the guy jumping on the table.

Throughout the discussion, Falk delivers crystalline examples of Cassavetes's wildness off-set (as at a friend's funeral, or, for that matter, at the commissary lunch where they first discussed collaborating — the key phrase is "jumping on the table"), and here's another sample, from the appearance of Cassavetes, Falk, and Ben Gazzara on "The Dick Cavett Show" to promote "Husbands".

Granted, the dog isn't likely to win any ping pong competitions, owing at least a little bit to his habit of jumping on the table when things get heated -- and the fact that he can't really sustain a rally.

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When, they're not jumping on the tables at banks, you'll find Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir leading revivals in theaters.

If your cat is prone to jumping on the kitchen table, set up double-sided table or tinfoil over the surface, so he associates it with an unpleasant sensation.

I asked for student opinions by jumping on the computer console table and placing a sole on the document camera, which projected an Imax theater-size image.

At the nominating convention, "we had press tables perpendicular to the stage, and we're writing our stories and fans start jumping on the stage, running along this long table where all the press was, to get to him," recalled Milton Hoffman, a veteran New York political journalist and columnist who is a member of the editorial board at The Journal News in White Plains.

The doorbell rang, and a delivery boy came in with a present for Lotti, in a long box from Bonpoint; one of the cats promptly jumped on the table and knocked it off.

A large, thick-haired cat jumped on the table.

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