Sentences with phrase «of bruised egos»

This thing smacks of bruised egos, that a noted expert does not think their poor wittle confewence agenda is worthy of serious attention.

Considering how poorly trained the volunteers were — most of whom are readers and have zero idea of author politics or the indie / trad battle of bruised egos — I'm not surprised if a) one or two volunteers got the designation wrong and / or b) the overheard conversations had zero to do with the book signing and were instead «why does your name badge say that / what do you write / do you have a book out?»

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.

we arent the ones threatening to burn people forever because of a bruised ego.

Fortunately, it would appear that the driver escaped uninjured (with the possible exception of a bruised ego) and it doesn't look like the prototype suffered any major damage.

Not exact matches

Hurt feelings, bruised egos, and skinned knees are all part of the growth process, and critical to it.

You also want to take that drubbing now so that you avoid it later on (when your ego takes more of a bruising, when the thought of an 80 - hour workweek and simultaneous childcare makes your stomach turn, or when you think you're simply too old to take that kind of treatment from someone else).

After Jim Moss, the co-founder of Plasticity, presented the worrisome, ego - bruising results, I asked the obvious question: What could be done?

«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.»

So, in his world being male is a handicap that needs accommodation under the ADA (in the US, at any rate) to ensure fragile egos aren't bruised by anyone of the wrong biological configuration.

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.

It is very easy to give or receive an «ego bruise» in a marriage relationship by a rejecting word, lack of thoughtfulness (as in forgetting a birthday or an anniversary), or the attack of «putting the other down.»

This season Abramovich didn't put up bucket loads of cash which probably created a shift in power towards the squad, Mourhinho had his ego bruised by the physio issue and what people thought of his behaviour, and he found out that doing the unmentionable and dumping on your players in public doesn't go down well.

Wenger persists with under performing players in hope of instilling confidence or avoid bruising egos and it's affecting the squad.

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.

By then, the egos of men had taken over, the parties went to war, sparing no arsenal in their possession until someone got terminally bruised.

«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.

Yes, I know, your ego is bruised, but so is the ego of the student sitting next to you, and the one next to them... if not this meeting, then the one before it, or the one after.

Either way, the result is likely to be bruised egos and misunderstandings, neither of which helps improve communication.

Getting too euphoric because of a gain and going up to quickly and you end up all the way back to lower base camp sucking on an oxygen tank and a bruised ego.

This one is always hard for me because I have the ego of a peach (bruises easily.)

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.

You are still nursing a fragile ego with bruised feelings and don't want the headache of a dating relationship.

You get the absorbing pleasure of watching celebrities try a demanding art form that could leave their toes blistered and their egos bruised.

Ivan is sidetracked from the center of the plot, and Tony's ego is bruised.

That very confusion is presented as the epitome of Lowell, a city of tough, bruised underdog egos who are forever fighting for their status.

Historically, Disney has kept this kind of material under wraps, so the candor perhaps stems from the lack of swapped personnel and bruised egos.

Throbbing with the bruised ego of its subject (still fighting his lost battles), it's a rare example of warts - and - all enshrinement coupled with critical insight.

Fortunately, both vehicles were unscathed with likely only one ego bruised and a couple pairs of trousers a bit soiled.

While there is more than an ego that is bruised here, the number one lesson to be learned is don't sideshow your Corvette at one of these events unless you can accept the consequences.

Theories about dog training range from the get - tough - from - the - get - go so he knows who's boss to the don't - do - anything - to - bruise - his - ego train of thought.

The results of a slip and fall may be much greater than a bruised ego — often, injuries may include sprains, broken bones, and even severe head trauma.

This is a far cry from the fair and balanced approach Western jurisprudence brings to the forum of adjudication in settling issues surrounding the bruising of ego or the assassination of characters.

For most things, the process of undoing whatever damage was done involves merely spending more money and soothing a bruised ego.

One client in particular, a vice president of online marketing, was a tough case when it came to his bruised ego.

Around half of the stalkers of ex-partners suffer from some diagnosable mental disorder, 4 such as such as borderline, 5 narcissistic, or paranoid personality disorders.4 Egos are easily bruised for those folks, as they have a poor ability to maintain interpersonal boundaries and can not control their feelings of jealousy or rage.

After a couple of hours, I had sore knuckles, a bruised ego, no leads, and one excited salesperson because he had gotten his first listing appointment.

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.