Buzz Saw

Of which there are quite a few; but Democratic strategists can perhaps not be blamed for not wanting to say something along the lines of ‘Well, THAT WOMAN is going to go through all those Southern/Western Blue-on-Red districts like a buzz-saw, so you might as well get used to it.’ ❋ Unknown (2009)

Prop 23 -- which is funded by Texas oil companies and would effectively repeal the state's landmark clean energy and environmental protection laws -- is running into a buzz-saw of opposition from a broad spectrum of Californians. ❋ Van Jones (2010)

The buzz-saw of resistance has put Mr. Taylor in an unaccustomed spotlight after 15 years as the hospital's CEO. ❋ Anna Wilde Mathews (2011)

Crucially, these artists display an eccentricity that seems inherent rather than worn, in the manner of Lady Gaga, whose attempts at the avant garde make me think of the Henry Brooks Adams line: "The American mind exasperated the European as a buzz-saw might exasperate a pine forest." ❋ Unknown (2011)

"Wasting Light" expands on the band's familiar sonic juxtapositions—light and shadow, lilting vocals and buzz-saw guitars. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Unfortunately, no one was willing to stick their junk in the buzz-saw. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Their live show is a vicious machine of breackneck drumming, buzz-saw riffs, urgent vocals, and tight harmonies. ❋ Theo Spielberg (2011)

He'd show them what an all-around general buzz-saw he was and what a mistake they'd made ever to monkey with him. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Burns did not flinch and, with the bandage dangling from his right glove, thrashed and moved in front of the Australian buzz-saw. ❋ Unknown (2011)