Sentences with phrase «fall out of the starting gate»

Joel designs the ugliest Pinewood derby racer to never fall out of the starting gate.

Not exact matches

The company this fall is hiring staff and lining up enough financing to allow it to withstand the cash flow shocks that occur when a business sprints out of the starting gate.

Many come out of the starting gates running hard and looking good, but they quickly run out of steam and fall short of their goals.

Ultimately, Thoroughbreds is handsome, occasionally intriguing, but mostly empty — the kind of movie where people are too busy falling over themselves applauding its polish and performances to notice that their prize winner never gets out of the starting gate.

Its shaky start is a sign that in this Ben - Hur the wheels are going to fall off long before those chariots get out of the gates.

Yet many job seekers are slow out the starting gates and are drastically unprepared for the sudden peak in activity, feeling more than the crunch of fall leaves.