The phrase
"to run the gauntlet" means to go through a difficult or challenging situation where one must face a series of obstacles or criticisms.
Full definition
Playing it safe is not an option when
running the gauntlet in landscapes riddled with risk against a pack of intensely fierce competitors.
It's like
running a gauntlet as every player attempts to move through the opposing team's defenses to reach the goal on the other side of the map.
For a Haynes enthusiast, they'll likely
run the gauntlet on its construction and performances, eating every morsel of it up with a spoon.
The famous bay is where the hungry orcas wait, forcing the gray whales and their calves to
run the gauntlet after leaving Baja, Mexico on their way to their feeding grounds in Alaska.
But the joy of the holidays just means added stress for the heroines of A Bad Moms Christmas (played again by Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis, and Kathryn Hahn), for whom yuletide cheer becomes more like
running a gauntlet when their respective terrible mothers (played by Susan Sarandon, Christine Baranski, and Cheryl Hines) show up unannounced for some forced family bonding time.
Because I've had to
run the gauntlet where many Christians would proclaim there is no fruit that could come from such a rotten tree, but I'm convinced otherwise.
As far as members of private sector schemes are concerned, the Human Rights Act 1998 does not apply although providers will no doubt wish to
avoid running the gauntlet of operating schemes which discriminate unfairly on grounds of marital status.
«Many of those who escape do so for one generation only: as things now are, their children may have to
run the gauntlet all over again.»
The would - be
priest runs a gauntlet that, the accumulating evidence indicates, all too often screens out healthy heterosexual men who are religiously orthodox, traditional in their piety, and resistant to manipulative therapeutic techniques that only thinly disguise an ideology of dissent.
A wonderful madness was born when the big city became everybody's bookie: off - track
betting ran a gauntlet of friends, enemies, potential lawsuits — and you can wager that the race isn't over yet
As the
cast runs a gauntlet of geriatric jokes, most of the chuckles feel churned from cheap sitcom stock.
The climactic set pieces in which
Tris runs a gauntlet of virtual - reality scenarios are created largely with CGI.
My
emotions ran a gauntlet throughout and ended with a tear thanks to its tribute to Carrie Fisher in the closing credits.
Valiant Digital and Bat in the Sun have released the first trailer for Ninjak vs. The Valiant Universe, the upcoming live - action digital series which sees
Ninjak running a gauntlet of Valiant's greatest heroes; check it out below after the official synopsis... Colin King is Ninjak, MI - 6's deadliest intelligence operative, and weapons expert.
- Featurettes: The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen, Seeds of Vengeance - Development and Design, Domestic Destruction Production: United States, Joint Operations Production: Military, Wonders of the World Production: Middle East, Start Making Sense Editing, Under the Gun Visual Effects,
Running the Gauntlet Post-Production and Release,
Sebastian Lelio's story of a Spanish trans
woman running a gauntlet of hostility and abuse from her dead lover's family cuts to the core of our expectations about equality or mere civilised behaviour (its Spanish title is Una Mujer Fantastica).
We've seen a lot of actresses go through the motions that Streep is forced to enact in the movie, but rarely do we see one so
convincingly run the gauntlet as she does here.
Let's suppose that parent
advocates run this gauntlet and manage to force a turnaround at a given school, as appears to be happening at Desert Trails.
Step up to the plate Bite the bullet Have the courage of your convictions Gird up your loins Grow a set Screw your courage to the sticking post Take the bull by the horns Throw caution to the wind Put your ass on the line Fly into the face of
danger Run the gauntlet And hang in there.
It's more difficult than ever for a passionate editor to acquire a book because they've got to sell that book internally,
running a gauntlet within the company before they can take a chance on an author.
The result of this is that food bowls, litter boxes, water sources and resting places need to be distributed throughout the house in a way that enables all of the cats to access the appropriate resource
without running the gauntlet of another cat if they should need to eat, rest, drink or use the litter box at the same time.
In Japan, the bull is believed to be the most potent of animals, though in Beijing, people aren't so cocksure and don't
mind running a gauntlet of penises to guarantee the highest probability of potency.
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 Avengers Infinity War DLC Review - this content features Thanos and The Inhumans in a short chapter
called Running the Gauntlet.
If each new player has to
run the gauntlet at each court in order to gain access to case law, Canadian legal information innovations will forever be limited to the outputs of the existing service providers.
Despite strong competition from Apple, Google and LG, the 12 - megapixel camera on Samsung's Galaxy S7 and S7
Edge ran the gauntlet in 2016, making it this year's best smartphone camera.