In an apparent effort to scare out any civilians remaining in the rebel-held districts, the regime had flown MIG fighter jets overhead, sending out sonic booms and dropping bombs.
Reluctantly, her husband agreed to the plan, even though both were aware of an old saying: "If you're going to poke around the bushes, you'd better be prepared to scare out some snakes".
He met my ocean analogy with the veiled threat of California ranch-hand wisdom: if you're going to poke around the bushes, you'd best be prepared to scare out some snakes.
Schaefer says that Mayer wanted to get control of R.K.O. and that the rumor was created to drive down the price of the stock — that Mayer hoped to scare out Floyd Odlum, a major stockholder, and buy his shares.
The history of ferret legging is unclear but the sport is believed to have originated in Britain, at a time when poachers who used to send their animals down rabbit warrens to scare out the occupants were obliged to smuggle their furry assistants past gamekeepers by hiding them in their trousers.
Sunday October 31 is Halloween so a lot of groups will be doing Trick or Vote -the biggest door-to-door canvass of the year (in costume) to scare out the vote.
