Sentences with phrase «like skittish»

When Santa's helpers hitch up the reindeer, they look not like tame cartoon characters, but like skittish thoroughbreds.

Not exact matches

While a Trump presidency is looking less and less likely, many Canadian companies with stakes in the U.S. are, like Bedard, feeling skittish about their business prospects in the lead - up to the November 8th vote.

When investors are very skittish, the market may behave like a very loose rubber band, generating little tension even as it moves significantly away from fair value.

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Keeping Giroud on this squad with the promise of substantial playing time... the offensive tactics of this squad is way too indirect and is much more reflective of a hold up play / cross in the box scheme that suits Giroud's skill - sets but can't continue if Wenger really wants Lacazette to be successful... without Sanchez on the pitch this offence is a little bit like a headless chicken, passing sideways, providing relatively poor service to undersized players and sub-par finishing... this isn't to suggest that Arsenal can't perform without Alexis but this offensive scheme is antiquated and ill - advised, especially considering our personnel (poor man's Barca)... if Arsenal doesn't want to pay the price to get topnotch players so we can press high and play all out attack, we would be better served by adopting a counterattack approach... unfortunately that would mean developing a far less skittish defensive group that could withstand the pressure and we all know that Wenger hasn't opted for that approach considering our defensive pickups in recent years and the lack of a «boss» in the midfield

Quiet: Those with skittish pets know peace and quiet during potentially stressful times, like nail grinding, make all the difference.

Just past the town of Almere, as you round a right - hand bend, you will find a sight unseen in Europe for centuries, if not millennia: hundreds of red deer, plodding groups of long - horned wild cattle, and skittish herds of low - slung brown horses, all moving through the open landscape like something out of a cave painting.

I would like to try a different flavor however I am a little skittish after this experience.

I'm kind of like you a little skittish about wearing bugs but when I was a kid I adored ladybugs.

If you like color but are skittish about embracing it (as am I to some degree), use scarves, toenail color, jewelry, accessories and maybe a shirt or sweater paired with otherwise neutrals.

You hear some are skittish because they don't like the thought of being captured, thus giving up their comfortable life in the wild.

something like a cross between a skittish deer, a wild skittish horse, a worn out teddy bear, a friend, hyper imaginative, weird, funny, strange, shy, brave,

It's only in the glimpses we get of Jack going about his skittish life that we start to understand him as a man: haunted by fear of unknown enemies, driven by precaution to paranoia, and possessed of a fastidious nature that's perfectly at home with tactile work like machining a weapon.

Anxiety is the plague of the Net Generation; and nothing soothes your skittish soul like Chicken Soup

There's a caddish banker (Xavier Beauvois) who, like many of her lovers, happens to be married; a handsome actor (Nicolas Duvauchelle) who's working through his own hang - ups; and a sensitive fellow artist (Alex Descas) who's skittish about commitment.

And then there is Tom (Cillian Murphy), a skittish banker who arrives last and without his wife, who he says is stuck at work and will arrive later which sounds more and more like a lie the more he repeats it.

Starting with Carlito's assassination and flashing back to the events that lead up to it, Carlito's Way is structured like a classic film noir and filmed with such palpable claustrophobia, encroaching camera angles and skittish framing, it gives even classics like Detour and The Set - Up a run for its money in the visual entrapment department.

I didn't really find it darty or skittish like Andy did.

The category as a whole has gotten less skittish and less buzzy in recent years, but the new Sonic ups the ante considerably and drives like a bigger, pricier car than any of its competitors.

As a whole, the offerings in this category have become less skittish and less buzzy in recent years, but Chevrolet's Sonic for 2013 drives like a bigger, pricier car than any of its competitors.

But I'm skittish about Mediatek - powered devices, as previous Mediatek tablets like the Asus Memopad HD 7 have had poor gaming performance overall.

Social Security and pension payments cover my basic expenses, but I'm skittish about the market volatility and would like to have a guaranteed source of income that's not subject to the market's ups and downs.

The bottom line is that buying IPC is like playing a game of hurricane chicken and is not for skittish investors.

If there is some cash on the balance sheet I'd even give a bit more, say 1 pound for every 2 pounds of cash in the kitty (I'm a bit skittish because I don't know what management has been doing with the cash generated in the past couple of years or whether they like big yachts).

Abby did well, but as she got older she became skittish and no longer liked to be in the company of other dogs.

And nothing ruins the rabbit - human bond like forced holding, incorrect carrying, tugging on ears, pulling on tails, unwelcome poking or chasing — which makes for a timid, skittish, fearful and unsocial rabbit.

Cinder is a jet - black stray with a skittish personality and green eyes that glow like flashlights.

He's still a little skittish if he doesn't see you coming to pet him, but he believes he's a little tuffy and likes to yell at our other inu's.

Tiger is still a bit skittish and need some time to warm up, so he needs someone patient and gentle like he is.

Rats that are skittish or bite or often hard to tame down but the ones that come friendly can be like little puppies, running to their cage door to lap at their human's fingers.

Due to the fact that most responsible cat owners have indoor cats that aren't exposed to a large amount of stimuli like feral cats and due to the skittish nature of many cats, many cat owners are stumped as to how they can desensitize their feline friend.

· Even if cats are very skittish, it is often possible to pet them when they are eating — especially when they are eating something they really love — like wet food or tuna juice.

She has been through a lot and was very skittish but is really coming around and acting more and more like a confident little dog.

It is also a more comfortable alternative for skittish dogs who don't like the loud noises professional clippers tend to make.

worst dog I ever had attitude with was a chow chow and she was just skittish didn \» t like people standing behind her.

The beasts also look fantastic, with the MT Framework engine pumping out some impressive animations that bring the damsel - kidnapping Ogre, the laser - firing Golem and the skittish Griffin to life before you move like Jason and fashion their still - warm bones into a fancy new fleece that protects against chimera venom.

Speaking of which, the three playable characters (skittish engineer Alph, fruit - obsessed Brittany and carefree captain Charlie) are all charming in their own way, especially the faux - language they speak that sounds like a cross between Animal Crossing and French.

We asked Darwish what it felt like to have 12 competitors already lined up without a product even on the market, and whether it is something that makes the company skittish about success.

Partly they like the characteristics of the industry, but partly I think they were a little skittish about the market and turned to us as a little bit of a hedge.