"They really gave it the
old college try," a source told the news outlet.
Petersburg College, explain how to replicate a 3D printer--or at least give it the
old college try.
Max and Annie aren't really action heroes, but they give it the
old college try. Max tests a bartender by ordering a Harvey Wallbanger, then admits he doesn't actually know what a Harvey Wallbanger tastes like.
When they were born, their dad asked me if I knew how to make Osage baby boards, and I said that "no, I didn't know how, but I would give it the
old college try".
I say 'work with' because I honestly wanted to contribute 100 per cent of my efforts and give it the good
old college try. What sort of set the ball rolling was the phone call I received the week I joined the gym, back home in Johannesburg.
Even if it ultimately isn't for you, I think that every amateur astronomer needs to give rigorous planning and log-keeping the
old college try. It might just enrich your experience more than you ever thought possible.
Two basketball documentaries air this weekend in advance of the NCAA tournament, with one earning championship honors and the other settling for the
old college try. ESPN seldom connects the dots as well in examining sports' role in society--or the network's own enormous influence--than in "Requiem for the Big East," while CBS essentially delivers a somewhat diluted version of "Hoop Dreams" with "Summer Dreams," following various hopefuls as they go through the NBA Summer League.
"We didn't come up here to give it the
old college try. We came up here to win the game and we didn't get it done.
As played by Larry Johnson, Chris is one of those sad sacks who you know isn't going to end up with the girl, but he sure gives it the
old college try, and you have to feel a little embarrassing empathy for him when Sarah ushers him out of her apartment when Bob shows up.
I gave it the
old college try, but realized no amount of detailed explanation was going to work.
He has delegated higher education policy to the Texas Public Policy Foundation, an Austin-based conservative think tank, which has produced an ideological blueprint for how the state's universities should be governed." -
Old College Try, Texas Monthly
Even those who give it the
old college try don't benefit from the experience.
One university is giving ebooks the
old college try this year.
So, the next time you set eyes on a gorgeous bombshell and decide that, after all, you're wearing your lucky socks, you should offer her a drink and give it the
old college try ...
I don't know how possible this is for you, but if there is any way for you to make this happen, I suggest you give it the
old college try. You say that you can't afford to move, which I can certainly understand, but electing to stay there when you need to go is only going to exacerbate the pain you're feeling now and may feel in the future.