wake up call

an event so dramatic or troubling that it effectively serves as an alert, reminder or call to action

The failure of the ongoing efforts to produce effective solutions should have been a wake up call to stop arguing.

make noises

1. express oneself by talking, especially initially and

somewhat vaguely

2. to speak insincerely or uselessly

Don't just make noises. Make sure they get the big picture.

figurative gloves that you put on to treat someone or something carefully.

Tom felt like his uncle was wearing kid gloves when he treated him and his girlfriend to dinner.

They only ever thought about who was doing the horizontal bop with who.

a desirable but non existant device that would automatically exclude from the network, anyone known to do things that lead to problems

He would still be to cheap to afford a bozo filter if it existed.

the steeper price paid for Apple products in comparison to the equally effective products of competitors.

That E can do more harm to you than you might think.