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A purple crocodile is now a metaphor for unhelpful officialdom in the Netherlands. A jobsworth is a person who uses the (typically small) authority of their job in a deliberately uncooperative way, or who seemingly delights in acting in an obstructive or unhelpful manner.
Self-esteem encompasses beliefs about oneself (for example, "I am loved", "I am worthy") as well as emotional states, such as triumph, despair, pride, and shame. [1] Smith and Mackie define it by saying "The self-concept is what we think about the self; self-esteem, is the positive or negative evaluations of the self, as in how we feel about it ...
James G. Blaine finally gained the 1884 Republican nomination for U.S. president on his third attempt: "Another victory like this and our money's gone!". A Pyrrhic victory (/ ˈ p ɪr ɪ k / ⓘ PIRR-ik) is a victory that inflicts such a devastating toll on the victor that it is tantamount to defeat. [1]
According to the Hebrew Bible, in the encounter of the burning bush (Exodus 3:14), Moses asks what he is to say to the Israelites when they ask what gods have sent him to them, and YHWH replies, "I am who I am", adding, "Say this to the people of Israel, 'I am has sent me to you. ' " [4] Despite this exchange, the Israelites are never written to have asked Moses for the name of God. [13]
January 30, 2025 at 6:50 AM. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) owns around $40 billion worth of American Express (NYSE: AXP) stock. American Express' market cap is ...
Other likely origins are that "my two pennies' worth" is derived from the much older 16th-century English expression, "a penny for your thoughts", possibly a sarcastic response to receiving more opinion than was wanted "I said a penny for your thoughts, but I got two pennies' worth". There is also some belief that the idiom may have its origins ...
The Department of Health and Human Services message comes amid days of confusion after emails from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and a tweet by Elon Musk.
Christine Sun Kim: My show at the Whitney is a survey of 13 years’ worth of work. [When the show opened] it was the biggest week of my life, aside from when I had my two kids. When you enter the ...