Sentences with phrase «as gung»

Your teen may see driving as a gleeful burst of independence, but you as a parent may not be as gung - ho.

Maybe that is why the ABA Journal observes that «law firms may not be as gung - ho about practice - readiness as they claim».

But as a gung ho party package it's bang on target.

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If you aren't quite as gung - ho about hauling your house around behind you, the F - 250 is still good for 12,500 lbs of trailer weight.

Few, teachers, though, might be as gung - ho about boot camp as Corbin, who has been doing running them for the past six years.

While I may not have been as gung - ho for «Iron Man» as most, I'm more than glad to see him come back.

Despite all outward appearances, the real action hero here is the incredibly annoying John Leguizamo, and, frankly, he isn't convincing at all as a gung - ho tough guy, ordering people around, taking charge.

Then there's Denis Villeneuve's pre-Blade Runner sci - fi amuse bouche, Arrival, starring Amy Adams as a gung - ho linguist out to make a connection with alien beings.

Lily James is a fantastic young actress, and I'm looking forward to seeing her spearheading such an original film, portraying Elizabeth Bennet — already one of literature's strongest female characters — as a gung - ho zombie killing Edwardian socialite.

It doesn't help that Levinson populates the film with several unnecessary supporting characters, including Bruce Willis («RED 2») as a gung - ho mercenary, Danny McBride («This Is the End») as an idiotic gun - runner and Kate Hudson («Something Borrowed») as a high - end prostitute living in a double - wide mobile home in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan.

Because it's the final film under this particular guise for these guys, the film wastes little precious time in launching us into the headspace of the grubby Gary King, who, after all these years is still as gung - ho about getting smashed with his mates at the pubs in town.

Daisy Ridley returns as Rey, fresh off her dramatically different appearance in «Murder on the Orient Express», and Oscar Isaac emotes just a bit as the gung - ho «flyboy» Poe Dameron who just wants to blow everything up.

Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman show us how it should be done, as a gung - ho nuclear sub captain meets his match, writes Emily Wilson

Antoine (Jalil Lespert or Human Resources) is as gung - ho as they come, and eager to learn everything he needs to know to be a good cop, although he misses his wife (Bérangère Allaux), a schoolteacher who stayed behind in the country when Antoine took his new job.

At first glance, it seemed that the former Mars Hill pastor is as gung - ho about marriage as we are.

Although he has made some tremendous changes to his eating habits, he is not as gung ho about the plant - based eating thing as I am.

Most diet - soda drinkers aren't as gung ho as Talles, but people who down several diet sodas per day are hardly rare.

But he wonders whether people would be as gung - ho about finding live microbes on other planets or meteorites?

He is convinced that if people knew what they were looking at — if they had access to basic information about the ants living in their backyards, not to mention those at the opposite ends of the Earth — they would be as gung ho about them as he is.

But, he wonders, are people as gung - ho about the prospect of finding live microbes on other planets or aboard meteorites?

«We're as gung - ho as we've ever been,» Levy continued.

I am not as gung - ho about supporting / defending CIO methods as I was when I wrote this post, though I still know that it really helped us and I would never judge another parent who uses it.

He is not as gung ho going forward I assume because he respects his defensive responsibility and that he probably doesn't have pace to recover if caught out of position.

Arsenal could certainly look to adopt a more measured approached as their gung - ho performances are far from getting them close to winning the ultimate prize.

With the addition of Paulista, Arsenal may now have the requisite numbers with which to compete in the second half of the season and Wenger insisted, despite his attacking instincts and reputation as a gung - ho manager, that the defence is a crucial part of his side.

On the other hand, the Mexican energy ministry is not nearly as gung - ho, voicing their considerable concerns about Mexico's low levels of crude production.

Not exact matches

And as I've mentioned elsewhere, I'm very disappointed that American Christians are so gung - ho about Santa and tradition, and yet they don't include Krampus in their holiday cheer.

But we still got another 45 minutes, hope we don't go gung ho as headless chickens in the opening stages like we always do..

When needed as xover cover for coquelin he should be less gung hoe than someone like Ramsey / wilshire, more energetic than arteta and less of a risk than gabriel, chambers and hayden.

In «Betaball,» Jackson was depicted as not being gung - ho about new owner Joe Lacob's progressive embrace of analytics.

It was a very unhappy New Year for Arsenal fans as we saw our beloved team drop precious points to a direct rival when we were beaten 2 - 0 away at Southampton, but Per Mertesacker says that that was a blessing in disguise and taught the players that they needed to be more solid defensively rather than going gung - ho into the attack.

We had a gung - ho linesman who flagged an onside breakaway 1 on 1 as offside and failed with virtually every attempt to make a final ball count outside of this one moment.

Strange to think that this board has spent a couple of years slagging Wenger for being too gung - ho and as soon as we see decent evidence that he is hedging his bets in a much more balanced and pragmatic approach he also gets hung out to dry.

Played as you'd have expected and agree that reverting to a gung ho approach would resulted in Wenger being slaughtered had we still lost.

It was gung - ho end - to - end stuff that is usually described as «a great advert for Premiership football» although I personally would have preferred a boring 1 - 0 win for the Gunners!

I don't see Ramsey or Wilshire as good enough (too gung ho) to play either deeper role and I think Xhaka is the best option at the moment until Santi is available, but he needs a real DM alongside him.

Guardiola looked like a genius that day, while Mauricio Pochettino appeared naive, his typically gung - ho approach playing right into the hosts» hands as they ruthlessly dissected Spurs» midfield.

Next two bullet points are kind of in reverse, in that they cover «why isn't NATO gung - ho to accept them»; but the fact that NATO is not gung - ho is precisely why Russia can afford to contest them more strongly as influence.

Perhaps, as the union leaders become even more gung - ho, the Labour Party will never come back to election - winning strength, say Conservative thinkers.

He told the BBC: «Certainly when we were in government, Theresa May was quite clear she was unhappy about the rather gung - ho approach to Chinese investment that we had and that George Osborne, in particular, was promoting, and, as I recall, raised objections to Hinkley at that time.

Besides, I think a lot of the reason Fisher's campaign has been — as Chris noted — pretty tepid thus far is because while Fisher himself is pretty gung - ho about it, the rest of the state Democrats don't want to go all - out to push Fisher just in case Brunner pulls off the upset.

«I have support from some members who are dubious on the benefits of marijuana as treatment for people but are very gung - ho on the concept of economic development.

As it is, the recession can be pinned neatly on either Gordon Brown as chancellor or even the previous mayor's gung - ho policieAs it is, the recession can be pinned neatly on either Gordon Brown as chancellor or even the previous mayor's gung - ho policieas chancellor or even the previous mayor's gung - ho policies.

I'm a strong believer in a healthy whole food diet, staying well - hydrated, electrolytes, probiotics and omegas as well as cranio - sacral work, acupuncture, massage, t» ai chi, chi gung, yoga, mindfulness and meditation.

An example of this would be people who are gung - ho about starting a fitness program as part of their New Year's resolution.

«Gong» (pronounced gung, as in lung) is often translated as cultivating or working, but definitions may include skill, mastery or achievement.

Unwind, improve balance and strength as we move in a meditative yogic practice connecting mind, body and breath using the ancient Chinese gentle movements of Wellness QiGong, pronounced (Chee - Gung).

Additional protocols such as personal health consultation and training in chi - gung body movement with Daniel, professional massage therapy, ear candle treatment, body brushing, electro - regenesis therapy, and Snow's special «Water Heart / Fire Hand» multi-dimensional healing energy work are also included as circumstances permit.

«At - risk groups include people who had a previous heart attack, the elderly, or those with risk factors such as diabetes, high blood pressure, smoking, obesity, and sedentary lifestyles,» said Wu, of Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.