ensconce, late-from-the-gate, well-ensconced, slalom

Gene Wilder brought his signature manic energy to films such as "Blazing Saddles," "Young Frankenstein" and the role that forever ensconced him in the collective memory of a generation of children, "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory." He was 83.


In a previous piece about the GOP and anti-knowledge, Mike Lofgren described "how the Republican Party and its ideological allies in the fundamentalist churches have confected a comprehensive media-entertainment complex to attract low-information Americans and turn them into partisans."

In this one, he dissects the "official ideology of the governing class, an ideology that is neither specifically Democrat nor Republican. Domestically, whatever they might privately believe about essentially diversionary social issues ('rube bait') like abortion or gay marriage, they almost invariably believe in the 'Washington Consensus': financialization, outsourcing, privatization, deregulation and the commodification of labor."

The ‘Anti-Knowledge’ of the Elites | BillMoyers.com

The American ruling class is ensconced in the "Washington Consensus" and deaf to any evidence that challenges its worldview.

BILLMOYERS.COM

At Google, a Boost From E-Commerce

New York Times
By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER Google's strong fourth-quarter earnings proved that it is now firmly ensconced in e-commerce, and also showed that, with its Android ...
Like the Zune, it’s from a late-from-the-gat

e tech behemoth (Google in this case), and it is up against a well-ensconced, well-thought-out Apple product, the iPhone.

Hero started late from the gate but came from behind to edged out the win. Hero was lame following the race and it was apparent that the earlier foot injury ...

ensconce

ɪnˈskɒns,ɛn-/
verb

past tense: ensconced; past participle: ensconced

1. establish or settle (someone) in a comfortable, safe place.

   "Agnes ensconced herself in their bedroom"

ensconce yourself 

verb [R] LITERARY

to make yourself very comfortable or safe in a place or position:

After dinner, I ensconced myself in a deep armchair with a book.

ensconced 

adjective [after verb] LITERARY

positioned safely or comfortably somewhere:

The Prime Minister is now  ensconced iDowning Street with a large majority.

gate
Sports. A passage between two upright poles through which a skier must go in a slalom race.

(slalom

[名][U]((the 〜))（スキー・カヌーなどで）スラローム, 回転競技［レース］.)

[名]

1 門；（柵(さく)・塀などにある）門扉(もんぴ), 木戸. ▼両開きを意味する場合はしばしばgatesとする.

2 （出）入口, 関門, 城門；((俗))（人の）口

a toll gate
（有料道路の）料金徴収口.

3 門に似た狭い通路；水門；（パイプなどの）弁；山道；（スキー競技の）旗門, 関門.

4 [U]（運動競技・演奏会などの）有料入場者（数）；入場料（総額）(gate money).

5 （道路・鉄道の踏切などの）遮断機；（空港の）ゲート, 搭乗口.

6 《鋳造》（鋳型の）湯口；（鋳物の）脚.

7 《電子工学・電算》ゲート.

8 ((〜s))((英俗))（Oxford大学, Cambridge大学の）門限

break gates
門限を破る.

9 ((米俗))解雇.

at the gate(s) of ...

…のすぐ近くに.

crash the gate

入場料を払わずに入場する.

get out of the gate

スタートする, 始める, 一歩を踏み出す.
▼競馬のスターティングゲートから出ることから.

get the gate

((米俗))はねつけられる；追い出される；首になる.

give a person the gate

((俗))〈婚約者・恋人などを〉振る, 拒絶する；〈人を〉追い出す；〈人を〉解雇する.

open a gate ［the gate(s)］ for ...

…に便宜を図る；…に機会を与える, 門戸を解放する.

out of the gate

しょっぱなに, すぐに, いきなり.
▼競馬で馬がゲートから出走したばかりというところから.

the gate of horn ［ivory］

《ギリシャ神話》角［象牙］の門, 正夢［さか夢］の出る門.