The phrase
"bruised ego" means that a person's feelings or pride have been hurt or damaged by something that has happened to them.
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With this in mind, Pardew would be wise to start the duo on the bench, as he could have himself a couple
of bruised egos.
So there will be a fair few
bruised egos in that dressing room before Saturday's hugely significant fixture with struggling Wolves, significant for the simple fact Man City go to Chelsea on the Monday, meaning there's every chance of the trailing pack − United especially − reducing the arrears on the long - time leaders.
Providing a clear, reasoned argument for why the business relationship needs to end and offering contacts or referrals for companies that you recommend to replace your services can help
avoid bruised egos and burnt bridges.
What we need to do is for Wenger to stop being a stubborn and egonimistic for once, he is a proud man who hates being told what to do, the more he is told how to play and what positions to fill the more he does the opposite to tell everyone Who the main man is, this is boosting his Ego at the expense of the club, which is a bit selfish of him to
just bruise his Ego and pride at the expense of the whole club.
Leos would again end up with
bruised egos since the interpretation would be so you are saying I am FAT?!?!?!; Scorpios would react the same way because they will never stand for insults; Libras are obsessed with beauty and being told that they are getting so large would be distressing; Virgos would drive themselves crazy analyzing whether they are getting too large or not, and be stressed out as a result.
The move calmed fans — Strong was acquiescing to the way things are done in the Big 12 — but losing Cumbie and having to twice lobby Gilbert away from a
mid-major bruised egos.
Even after implicitly endorsing the Democratic ticket and inexplicably rejoining the race in early October when his badly -
bruised ego apparently needed some soothing, Perot again soaked up almost all of the media coverage.
... This is just a vanity exercise for Senator DeFrancisco to stroke his
own bruised ego.»
PIs who make the lab's authorship customs clear to all people coming into the lab can avoid conflicts about ethics, accountability, and the
accompanying bruised egos.
KEEP YOUR HEAD UP in the weeks and months after the divorce comes
through Bruised egos may well be typical during the post-divorce phase, but keep in mind that thousands of singles go through divorce every year — so go easy on yourself.
Our Miata suffers no real damage from this off - track excursion and a
slightly bruised ego heals quickly.
This means that there was tons of vulgar improvisation and input on the script during filming — and a lack
of bruised egos.
Thank you for keeping it real and reminding those of us
with bruised egos to step away and remember to go enjoy life with the people under our noses, not the ones we wish would follow our every word.
Wenger persists with under performing players in hope of instilling confidence or
avoid bruising egos and it's affecting the squad.
A merely bad lawyer would suffer a
severely bruised ego, probably cry for a while, then go on being a somewhat less - lousy lawyer by not making the same mistake again.
Hurt feelings,
bruised egos, and skinned knees are all part of the growth process, and critical to it.
He left me with a pile of debts and a battered and
bruised ego.
While that may
bruise your ego, what is the end goal here?
Luckily, the intern wasn't hurt, perhaps apart from
a bruised ego.
But beyond
some bruised egos, the mistake won't leave any lasting damage on the Oscar brand.
«In this case, Fields has been perceived to be the front - runner for several years, and, as president of the Americas [region], several of the other contenders were directly or indirectly reporting to him, so I don't see too many «
bruised egos» getting in the way.»
If it hadn't been for Naaman's servants, who convinced him to follow the instructions despite
his bruised ego, Naaman would have walked away.
Many of her friends» daughters had also returned home from a broken marriage with a child or two that they dumped on their parents while they were out «catting around» in a futile tragic attempt to heal
their bruised egos and Mother was quite thankful that I spent my after work hours in my room reading my bible.
Actually, the reason you think that is because you're the one who has been proven wrong which is why
your bruised ego and pride can't handle it which is why you continue spewing your stupidity on this subject.
Not to
bruise your ego, basil, but you're not the real reason people go gaga for pesto.
However, for books like Ladbrokes, they are happy to accept
a bruised ego in exchange for a massive profit.
if players (and coaches) think they can not criticize or encourage john to play differently without him getting
a bruised ego and escalating situations into departures it could effect the already toxic organizational culture.
It would clearly show that the Manager is accountable and the players can get away with poor form lack of drive and
bruised egos.
For those with heart conditions,
bruised egos, low self - esteem, and / or are currently in a workplace which frowns upon screaming obscenities at the computer monitor followed by smashing your keyboard across your cubicle you may want to read this another time.
Bruised ego and bruised hip and I've been pissed on again.
in this case no harm done except
some bruised egos.
«A three - way agreement was reached in that good faith, and if politics or
a bruised ego undid that work in favor of the status quo, New York City's children and parents lost out, and that is sad.»
Once again we had
the bruised ego of Peter Mandelson and the fulminations of Messrs Clarke and Milburn.
To see if
a bruised ego can cause aggression, Fast and his colleague Serena Chen manipulated people's sense of power and self - worth by asking them to write about occasions when they felt either empowered or impotent and then either competent or incompetent.
To see if
a bruised ego can actually cause aggression, the researchers manipulated people's sense of power and self - worth by asking them to write about occasions when they felt either empowered or impotent and then either competent or incompetent.
The group is analyzing thousands of bones from around the world, employing new techniques, and trying to put aside years of bad blood and
bruised egos.
Either way, the result is likely to be
bruised egos and misunderstandings, neither of which helps improve communication.
And
bruised egos, say many observers, lay at the root of the science board's objections.
Yeah, you might have crappy coordination, and you could even end up with bruised shins (and
a bruised ego) to start out.