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Sami has a hole in his pocket.

I had some trouble with a flat tyre.

You get home at night with your head ringing... a hole in your pocket and an empty refrigerator.

Pardon me, but may I point out that you have a flat tire?

These models, like the leaky bucket, work well in most situations.

An economy hit by a shock does not maintain its buoyancy rather, it becomes a leaky balloon.

There is an old saying about monetary policy being useless in recession because the effect of lowering interest rates is like pushing on a string.

To her the reverse seemed to be true the sight of the empty walls pierced her right to the heart, and why should Gregor not feel the same, since he had been accustomed to the room furnishings for a long time and in an empty room would feel himself abandoned?

But the 700 billion to be used may flow into a leaky bucket, and so may the billions provided by governments throughout the world.

There is an old saying about monetary policy being useless in recession because the effect of lowering interest rates is like pushing on a string. That happens when confidence and wealth have been destroyed, at which point rate cuts do indeed become useless.