For decades GE managers over-egged their own abilities, which led to narcissism and hubris
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TECHNOLOGY
Crisis Mode: Less Ventured
For many local tech companies, it's feeling a lot like 2000 all over again. The Nasdaq is down, funding has dried up and entrepreneurs are hunkering down for a long winter.
(By Kim Hart, The Washington Post)
hunker down phrasal verb US
1 to sit down on your heels:
We hunkered down round the campfire, toasting marshmallows.
2 to make yourself comfortable in a place or situation, or to prepare to stay in a place or position for a long time, usually in order to achieve something or for protection:
The press have hunkered down for the night outside the palace, waiting for news of the royal birth.
campfire
noun [C]
an outside fire which is made and used by people who are staying outside or in tents
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hunker
(hŭng'kər)
intr.v., -kered, -ker·ing, -kers.
The haunches.
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"The new national campfire — radio." — Linda Ellerbee, Our World: The Year 1938
TECHNOLOGY
Crisis Mode: Less Ventured
For many local tech companies, it's feeling a lot like 2000 all over again. The Nasdaq is down, funding has dried up and entrepreneurs are hunkering down for a long winter.
(By Kim Hart, The Washington Post)
A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.
egg
n.
- A female gamete; an ovum. Also called egg cell.
- The round or oval female reproductive body of various animals, including birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, and insects, consisting usually of an embryo surrounded by nutrient material and a protective covering.
- The oval, thin-shelled reproductive body of a bird, especially that of a hen, used as food.
- Something having the ovoid shape of an egg.
- Slang. A fellow; a person: He's a good egg.
tr.v., egged, egg·ing, eggs.
- To cover with beaten egg, as in cooking.
- Slang. To throw eggs at.
idioms:
egg on (one's) face Informal.
- Embarrassment; humiliation: If you do that, you'll end up with egg on your face.
lay an egg Informal.
- To fail, especially in a public performance.
put (or have) all (one's) eggs in one basket Informal.
- To risk everything on a single venture.
[Middle English egge, bird's egg, from Old Norse egg.]
Over-egg definition: to do too much of; elaborate on excessively; overdo:
hunker down phrasal verb US- A female gamete; an ovum. Also called egg cell.
- The round or oval female reproductive body of various animals, including birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, and insects, consisting usually of an embryo surrounded by nutrient material and a protective covering.
- The oval, thin-shelled reproductive body of a bird, especially that of a hen, used as food.
Over-egg definition: to do too much of; elaborate on excessively; overdo:
1 to sit down on your heels:
We hunkered down round the campfire, toasting marshmallows.
2 to make yourself comfortable in a place or situation, or to prepare to stay in a place or position for a long time, usually in order to achieve something or for protection:
The press have hunkered down for the night outside the palace, waiting for news of the royal birth.
campfire
noun [C]
an outside fire which is made and used by people who are staying outside or in tents
camp1
━━ n. 野営（地）; （キャンプ用の）テント, 小屋; （山や海などの避暑地の）合宿生活, 夏季合宿村; キャンプ（場）; テント生活; 軍隊生活; 同志（たち）, 陣営; 収容所, 抑留所; （炭鉱などの）飯場.
be in the same camp 同志である.
break [take, strike] camp キャンプをたたむ.
━━ v. 野営する［させる］.
camp out キャンプ生活をする; 野宿する; 〔英話〕 （不自由な）仮住まいをする.
go camping キャンプに行く.
camp bed 〔英〕 折り畳み式ベッド.
camp chair 折り畳み式いす.
camp・er ━━ n. キャンプする人; キャンピングカー.
camp・fire キャンプファイア（を囲むつどい）.
campfire girl 〔米〕 the Camp Fire Girls (7-18歳の少女団）の団員.
camp follower （主義などの）同調者; 非戦闘従軍者 ((売春婦など)).
camp・ground キャンプ場; 野外伝道集会地.
camp・ing ━━ n. キャンプすること; ((形容詞的)) キャンプ（用）の.
camping equipment キャンプ施設.
camping-site ＝campsite.
camp meeting 野外伝道集会.
camp robber 【鳥】カナダカケス ((キャンプから食物を盗む)).
camp shirt キャンプシャツ ((半袖，V字襟，2つ胸ポケットのついたシャツ［ブラウス］)).
camp・site キャンプ場.
camp・stool 携帯用折り畳みいす.
be in the same camp 同志である. break [take, strike] camp キャンプをたたむ.━━ v. 野営する［させる］.
camp out キャンプ生活をする; 野宿する; 〔英話〕 （不自由な）仮住まいをする. go camping キャンプに行く. camp bed 〔英〕 折り畳み式ベッド. camp chair 折り畳み式いす. camp・er ━━ n. キャンプする人; キャンピングカー. camp・fire キャンプファイア（を囲むつどい）.campfire girl 〔米〕 the Camp Fire Girls (7-18歳の少女団）の団員.
camp follower （主義などの）同調者; 非戦闘従軍者 ((売春婦など)). camp・ground キャンプ場; 野外伝道集会地. camp・ing ━━ n. キャンプすること; ((形容詞的)) キャンプ（用）の.camping equipment キャンプ施設.
camping-site ＝campsite.
camp meeting 野外伝道集会. camp robber 【鳥】カナダカケス ((キャンプから食物を盗む)). camp shirt キャンプシャツ ((半袖，V字襟，2つ胸ポケットのついたシャツ［ブラウス］)). camp・site キャンプ場. camp・stool 携帯用折り畳みいす.hunker
(hŭng'kər)
- 発音記号[hʌ'ŋkər]
intr.v., -kered, -ker·ing, -kers.
- To squat close to the ground; crouch. Usually used with down: hunkered down to avoid the icy wind.
- To take shelter, settle in, or hide out. Usually used with down: hunkered down in the cabin during the blizzard.
- To hold stubbornly to a position. Usually used with down: "As the White House hunkered down, G.O.P. congressional unity started crumbling" (Time).
The haunches.
[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin, akin to Old Norse hokra, to crouch.]
