Later, at the airport, he struggled to get out of the passenger seat of my Subaru, stumbling backward, grabbing for the door, which then shut hard on his fingers, trapping them.
There are generally two types of shut-in procedures, which are soft shut-in and hard shut-in.
"John comes in, keeps his mouth shut, works hard.
Translation: expect people to squeeze their wallets shut, and hard.
If you make it to and past the first door, a second one might suddenly swing shut so hard it could crush a hand, and has done so.
If we careen over a cliff on Friday and the American government shuts down, hard-working federal workers will stop getting paychecks, but the members of Congress responsible for the shutdown are expected to be paid as usual.
As they leave, Atonia begs for a bit more time with her cousin, but she gets shut down hard.
Have one of your strongest friends slam the door shut as hard as possible and lean on the door for good measure.
Asian Americans, it was said, kept their mouths shut, worked hard, and eventually succeeded, so why couldn't African Americans do so?
If I squeeze my eyes shut as hard as I can, I can still feel his chest hair curled under my nails and a scratchy beard nuzzle my face.
