Sentences with phrase «gives him a pat on the back at»

For instance, consider how older women are labeled «cougars,» a term that evokes an almost predatory image.3 I know older guys are sometimes referred to as «cradle robbers,» but this term is not used nearly as often, and when a man calls another man a cradle robber, he usually smiles and gives him a pat on the back at the same time.

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However on this point we must also give a pat on the back to Arsene Wenger as he has at least not signed a player just for the sake of signing.

If the baby comes, make sure he's crying well to ensure his breathing passage is clear, advises Susan Connell, the maternal newborn manager at Bozeman Deaconess; if not, you may need to give him a gentle pat on the back or lightly flick a foot.

And I never know whether I should indulge his every demand or whether, at some point, I should give him a pat on the back, tell him to man up, and grit my teeth through the screamy consequences.

«Both my parents came from little, so they made a choice to give a lot — buying turkeys for homeless shelters at Thanksgiving, delivering meals to patients in hospice care, donating any spare change in their pocket to those asking for it, and performing quiet acts of grace — be it a hug, a smile, or a pat on the back to show ones in need that they would be all right,» she wrote on her lifestyle website The Tig.

Before he did so, however, he paused a moment to give himself a mental pat on the back to acknowledge his efforts to put what he had learned at the seminar into practice.

4) Gaze admiringly at your spiffy, EMPTY inbox and give yourself a pat on the back.

But at the end of the exhausting fight for animal rights, animal lovers can give themselves a pat on the back for giving a voice to the voiceless.

If you're considering purchasing one of these lovely vehicles or are already an owner of one, give yourself a hearty pat on the back — we're saving the world one Prius at a time.

In effect, we're exporting our dirty work offshore, making minor tweaks to business as usual here in BC, and giving ourselves a big pat on the back for being at the cutting edge of the fight to stop climate change.

Kevin O'Keefe at Real Lawyers Have Blogs gives the ILTA conferees a big pat on their collective backs for their tweeting and blogging, noting that, just two years ago, he criticized ILTA attendees for the silence of their blogs during that year's conference.

I think it's a great idea to look back on what was accomplished and give ourselves a little pat on the back at this time of year.