Sentences with phrase «over your head»

It took being «beaten over the head» with such offers — providing undeniable evidence of «product - market fit» — but by October 2012, she had founded her second company.

Unlike me he doesn't have an anesthetist wife (I married way over my head.)

In doing so, the black cloud over my head dissipated.

Municipal regulations are equally blameworthy for jacking up rents and denying low - income Canadians roofs over their heads.

They're scared of being alone and responsible; scared of being in way over their heads; and scared that they're going to screw things up.

«I think our community, the biohacking community, and the products just totally went over the heads of the other Sharks on the show.

Nor, for that matter, is he adept at the political stunt: When McConnell stood onstage at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) meeting in March waving a flintlock musket over his head as a show of his support for gun rights, the senator was roundly mocked.

Nobody has done what I've been able to do and I've done it despite the fact that I have a phony cloud over my head that doesn't exist.»

In over his head but unwilling to tap out and risk people knowing he was floundering, he says he made a series of «dumb moves» at Moz that involved everything from a failed hiring incentive to a bungled software release.

A recent viral hit that has people dumping buckets of ice water over their heads shows what it takes to reach across the globe.

Once you place the VR headset over your head and «walk through a virtual portal,» you're hurled into a giant arena full of cheering and adoring fans.

«Nowadays, they have jobs, they're making money, they're plugging along, but they're just in over their heads,» she says.

Do things on your own, and you haven't got that financial burden hanging over your head.

Yet, most people tend to tune out the word «finance,» saying it's boring or over their head.

According to the actress, she was way in over her head, having only played in comedic roles until her casting in the R - rated, nihilistic comic book adaptation.

Perhaps the naysayers were right and we were in over our heads.

It's not Jessica Alba's fault that she ended up in over her head with «Fantastic Four.»

It cites numerous instances in which chickens were forcefully hit over the head with various objects, including a metal scraper tool and a broomstick, and details how they mishandled the hens by «roughly grabbing them by a single wing and violently shoving them into garbage cans» — which can be seen in the video.

In so doing, Pfender goes over the heads of those companies» traffic managers, who typically negotiate the rates for transporting their goods around the globe.

I never saw them balance a checkbook, but they kept a roof over our heads and got all six of us into college.

Jackson's character in particular was overbearingly eccentric, beating viewers over the head with his abrasively loud and dramatic performance that tried way too hard to be cool.

«We will not go into businesses where technology which is way over my head is crucial to the investment decision,» he once wrote.

When Chenault speaks, his audiences come away with a strong sense of who he is because his presentations represent his values, but he doesn't hammer audiences over the head with his beliefs.

«He sent over his head of manufacturing, his head of branding sales, anybody that came by his booth that he felt could be helpful to us,» said Prince.

You might as well tape a plastic bag over your head.

He said, «You do not lead by hitting people over the head.

Nearly one - third of HR professionals and managers claim boomerang employees have a stigma hanging over their heads that they might leave again, and more than one - quarter say these employees may have the same baggage they originally left with.

You'll know you accomplished what you needed to do, and you'll have nothing hanging over your head before you leave for the day.

We should be able to afford some sort of roof over our head.»

Now that she follows an intermittent fasting eating regimen, she almost never eats until at least 11 a.m. And she suffers no ill effects: she's one of the smartest, most productive people I know, she's trim and fit and... well, let's just say I married way over my head.

But if this argument goes over your head and you haven't been involved in link building previously, then the chances are you have nothing to worry about.

And if Republicans block expansion even under a popular governor willing to work with them on the terms, then Democrats can use the issue to beat Virginia Republicans over the head again in the 2019 election.

Horváth said a polite «no, thank you,» sent the man the standard symbolic gift and went over his head, straight to the federal minister.

Ever since golfer Greg Norman challenged NBC's «TODAY» host Matt Lauer to toss an ice bucket over his head in mid-July to raise money for the Hospice of Palm Beach County in Florida, the Ice Bucket Challenge has become a social media and media sensation.

Think about this: Have you ever played «keepaway,» tossing a ball or Frisbee to another older child, over the head of your frustrated younger sibling?

Very gently my mother took the headphones and placed them over the head guards ears.

A recent Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate survey found strong interest among teens in one day purchasing the roof over their head.

«One of the bullets whizzed over our heads,» he said.

Once the darling of the tech community, Elizabeth Holmes is now an example of what can go wrong when entrepreneurs get in over their head.

Make them visualize every person walking by with the seven figure dollar sign over their head.

When Hugh Hefner died in the Playboy Mansion Wednesday, the legendary magazine founder had a surprisingly low net worth, with little to his name besides that roof over his head.

It's filled with the most practical advice for an entrepreneur, because none of us really knows what we are doing and most of the time we are in way over our heads.

Cook, in turn, led a standing ovation for Jobs, his arms raised over his head from the front row of a San Francisco auditorium.

«Energizer will take its promotional dollars and beat CVS over the head through one of its competitors,» Danahy says.

Happy employees are employees that feel like their responsibilities matter, and you can make every assignment count by simply trusting them with it rather than beating them over the head with constant checks and updates.

Help direct conversation so it isn't filled with inside office jokes that will go over the heads of non-staff members.

«Don't talk over their heads.

Lola Ogunyemi was recently featured in a Dove body wash campaign that had inspired heated online critique for an apparently racist premise — the black woman pulls a t - shirt over her head only to be transformed into a white woman.

Although I was a born risk - taker, I was also fear - driven in many of my decisions when I knew I was in over my head (something every disrupter I know relates to) or in an unsteady and unpredictable environment.

The key to a successful media presence is to encourage a dialogue with your customers, not hit them over the head with a barrage of marketing messages every day.