boa-constrictor

I realized the significance of the abbreviation for Bank of America: B-o-a, as in boa-constrictor, it squeezes the life out of its victims by applying constant pressure.

B. Jeffrey Madoff: An Honest Bank Is Hard to Find B. Jeffrey Madoff 2011

The party now seems a cartoon of itself, its body politic being squeezed to death by its boa-constrictor nose.

The Party of Pinocchio 2009

A boa-constrictor devouring an elephant in the middle of a thunderstorm.

Hot Hot Heat Jes Battis 2007

A boa-constrictor devouring an elephant in the middle of a thunderstorm.

Archive 2007-11-01 Jes Battis 2007

He was squeezing her like a boa-constrictor, she was gasping for air, trying to stay alive.

You Should Know This 2009

“I was telling you, sir, and dear protector,” replied Jondrette placing his elbows on the table and contemplating M. Leblanc with steady and tender eyes, not unlike the eyes of the boa-constrictor, “I was telling you, that I have a picture to sell.”

Les Miserables 2008

The former sports minister, who became Lord Stratford last year, showed reputations did not intimidate him when he accused Lady Thatcher of having "the sensitivity of a sex-starved boa-constrictor" during a Commons debate.

Sharp Wit Laban 2006

Financially speaking, Monsieur Grandet was something between a tiger and a boa-constrictor.

Eug�nie Grandet 2007

And he smiled with such irresistible fascination, that persons who were introduced into his august presence became his victims, body and soul, as a rabbit becomes the prey of a great big boa-constrictor.

The Book of Snobs 2006

The boa-constrictor had fascinated him, too — the lash of that woman at home had cowed that helpless, gentle, noble spirit.

The Newcomes 2006