lark's-heel English

Meaning lark's-heel meaning

What does lark's-heel mean?

lark's-heel noun

— Indian cress, nasturtium, Tropaeolum majus

— larkspur

Examples lark's-heel examples

How do I use lark's-heel in a sentence?

Simple sentences

My black shoes need heel repairs.

The plump young woman thrust the heel of her stiletto into my big toe under the pretence that I had been too forceful.

He squashed the insect with the heel of his foot.

He crushed the insect with his heel.

Apart from his heel, Achilles was invulnerable.

What a heel!

Movie subtitles

I don't know. I'd feel kind of like a heel.

Did you ever hear of a heel like that? - No.

Heel, boy.

Heel! Why did you pull the communication cord?

Oh, I feel like such a heel, Johnny.

Well, leave her heel.

Mind telling the radio audience what a heel you are?

Never did I think I'd live to see France groveling in the dust under the Prussian heel.

The guy's heel is in too good a spot.

Look, David, I've lost my heel! Look at me walk.

No, I lost my heel.

My heel caught on something.

Sure, I see it. But a good guy don't pay no attention to what some heel makes him stick on his truck.

You make me feel like a heel, coming between you.

He was a vain, double-crossing heel.

Tell her that I love her. that I'm sorry I acted like such a heel.

Look, David, I've lost my heel!

At one point he had his heel right in my face, ready to smash it in.

Club-footed people invariably bring their full weight down on the toe. If you look closely you'll observe that the weight of the man who made these footprints is normally balanced from toe to heel.

Punchy's third by a heel.

In spite of the fact somebody's up from the bottom he can still be a heel.

I was enough of a heel last night, walking out on Joe the way I did.

YES. THE IMPRESSION SHOWS 5 HOBNAILS SET IN A SEMICIRCLE IN THE RIGHT HEEL.

BUT LOOK AT THOSE MARKS ON THAT HEEL.

Oh, gee, Eddie, you make me feel like a heel, spoiling all your fun.

You're not gonna let him stake his ticket on a heel like that!

The guy's heel is in too good a spot. We go in the front, he swings around and starts popping.

No, I lost my heel. - Don't bother about him.

Oh, look. Kitty's heel.

But a good guy don't pay no attention to what some heel makes him stick on his truck.

You make me feel like a heel comin' between ya.

He was an awful heel!

Yeah, I guess I've been a heel.

News and current affairs

If more countries take this path, it could prove to be the Achilles' heel of non-proliferation.

Certainly, severe US sanctions on Cuba failed to bring the Castro regime to heel; indeed, President Barack Obama's move to reestablish full diplomatic relations may have more effect.

Meanwhile, the country's largest independent media group has been brought to heel by huge, politically motivated tax fines.

As harsh Israeli actions fail to deter Palestinians, Israel seems to raise the stakes, hoping that even harsher, more inhuman acts might bring the Palestinians to heel.

Al Qaeda, too, has an interest in crippling Karzai's government and is happy to exploit its Achilles heel.

Here is Milosevic's Achilles heel.

To bring them to heel, Putin has appointed seven officials (mostly ex-generals and KGB men) resembling tsarist Governors-General who will serve as his agents.

The battle with the judges may well prove to be Mubarak's Achilles' heel.

Gaza has suffered from anarchy; now it will be under the heel of a ruthless dictatorship.

In response, current-account balances - the Achilles' heel of the so-called East Asian growth miracle - went from deficit to surplus.

The problem is that it is no more than a workshop: lack of innovation and creation form the economy's Achilles' heel.

The third and seemingly scariest component of Hwang's formula, militarism, may in fact prove to be the system's Achilles heel.

So Russia's attempts to bring these countries to heel are likely to continue and remain a bone of contention and conflict.

That is no excuse for paranoia and repression, but just because the Party has outlasted predictions of its demise does not mean that it has no Achilles heel.

WASHINGTON, DC - The banking system has become most central bankers' Achilles' heel.

Unfortunately, Ai has become one of the seeds, his freedom crushed by the heel of an inhuman state.

The hardliners' Achilles heel is Ahmedinejad's mismanagement of the economy.

Rather, the Achilles' heel of employee ownership seems to lie in problems of governance.