fair crack of the whip

Example Sentences

• "Like you mean the non interference of the officials with the knockon from Soward and not called and the knockon from Chase which eventuated in a try to the Dragons not called, fair crack of the whip mate, see both sides of the coin, not the one you want to see."
• "‘Fair crack of the whip, mate. We′ve had bacon and eggs for a week.’ He coughed noisily. ‘And you expect a man to jump out of bed for bacon and bloody eggs.’ ‘What would sir prefer? Soufflé au Parmesan? Or a swift kick up the backside?’"
• "“Now, straighten up!” The men shuffled into position. “Come on, sir!” pleaded one of them. “Fair crack of the whip mate”, Nugget said."
• "We believe it is our duty to help these people, because we don't think they are getting a fair crack of the whip."
• "1993, William Trethowan, interviewed, in Greg Wilkinson (editor) Talking About Psychiatry, page 43, I never thought the Department of Psychiatry had a fair crack of the whip during my time in Birmingham. I was promised facilities, a new unit for psychiatry, none of which came to pass."
• "Yet style for Stoppard is not, as he feels it was for Oscar Wilde, the means and the end: ‘I′m not a writer who doesn′t care what things mean ... but despite myself I am a kind of writer who doesn′t give a fair crack of the whip to that meaning’ (Delaney, p.99)."