Sentence examples for using the old trick from inspiring English sources

It's even less scary when you realise Scott Morrison was using the old trick of using gross debt rather than net debt as a poorly disguised way to inflate the figures.

They attempted to unite people against a common foe, using the oldest trick in the book: war.

Zabaleta and Vieira are using the oldest trick in the book to break up play – fouling a bit – and look a little knackered now.

One could be excused for thinking that the President was using the oldest trick in the book: trying to make his old partner jealous of his new one (in this case, the executive order).

And he pulled it off using the oldest trick in the book.

On the same day of their messy beach visit, the group reportedly fought with patrons at The Backyard Bar & Restaurant and refused to pay for their food, both there and at Mr India, using the oldest trick in the book: placing hair in their all-but-finished meals.

It also uses the old trick of forcing senior managers to play the role of customers.

In their Pledge to America, Congressional Republicans have used the old trick of promising specific tax cuts and vague spending cuts.

Restrictive guidelines are being drawn up for foreign correspondents.Questioned on human rights, Mr Meles uses the old trick of urging critics to set his government's record in its political context.

Bobbie's last piece of advice: "Tools can help, but at the end of the day, use the old trick of holding your eyelashes up and use a hair dryer on low heat!" she laughed.

Instead, it's using the oldest tricks in the book: providing instantaneous feedback, egging on the competition and rewarding even tiny steps of progress.