10 АНГЛІЙСЬКА КНИЖКИ ПОВ'ЯЗАНІ ІЗ «NIT-PICKING»
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Speaking of Animals: A Dictionary of Animal Metaphors
See also Nitpicker; Nit-picking. Compare Strain out Gnats and Swallow Camels.
NITPICKER a nitpicker. One who finds fault over trivial matters. WNNCD: 1966.
Source: NIT. WNNCD: O.E. This agentive noun suggests monkeys picking fleas ...
Robert Allen Palmatier, 1995
Managing the Nit-Picking Employee The worst thing you can do to a nit-picking,
detail-loving person is remove the detail. Companies need nit-pickers. They are
the people who clean up after the "big-picture hotshots." To paraphrase a ...
These include pessimism, nit-picking, worrying, and perfectionism. Blaming is
another prevalent form of negative conduct. The remedy for such self-defeating
behavior, as suggested by Chenevert, may be in continually recognizing their ...
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An Actor's Work: A Student's Diary
A Student's Diary Konstantin Stanislavski. and the critic create untruth more often
than not, just as the actor who is the object of this nit-picking involuntarily stops
performing the active task he has selected and starts playacting truth instead.
Konstantin Stanislavski, 2008
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The Big Dance: The Story of the NCAA Basketball Tournament
NIT-Picking. (Continued). One year after the NIT opened in New York's Madison
Square Garden, the NCAA came out with a tourney of its own. It was more wide-
ranging geographically than the NIT. The NCAA field was drawn from each of the
...
Barry Wilner, Ken Rappoport, 2012
Love. as. Nit-Picking. [Abstract: While the goal of reason is to transcend criticism,
the goal of love is to express it.] Love has pitched his mansion in the place of
excrement. —Yeats Most higher primates perform mutual grooming activities.
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
C.20. (B., 1959.) Also nit-keeper (B., 1942). See also synon. keep nit, and:nit nit! '
Stop talking—someone's listeningl': prisons' c.: since ca. 1930 or a little earlier. Lit
. 'nothing, nothing!', nit being a var. of nix, q.v. Cf. nitto! nit-picking, n. and adj.
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Dealing with Difficult People
83 If you're sick of the sick 85 Everyone having a sickie 86 Cliques, circles and
Witches' covens 87 fault-finders illlll nit-pickers 89 If you have a nit—picker for a
boss 90 Nit—picking colleagues 91 EIISSiIII a llllSll lil'l! ynu can Ill] Witllllllt 93 The
...
_ Then, once a design i_l is accepted for production, we unleash our nit-picking
reliability fanatics. They subject every Tower” product to a gauntlet of excruciating
tests, culminating in a final burn-in: three full days IL I of flawless performance.
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Thinking Like a Woman: Personal Life and Political Ideas
I NOW understand the true meaning of the word “nit-picking.” As an academic I'd
always associated nit—picking with what scholars, at their worst, do to each other
and to their work: We supposedly analyze concepts to detect and decipher the ...
НОВИНИ ІЗ ТЕРМІНОМ «NIT-PICKING»
Дізнайтеся, що обговорювала національна та міжнародна преса, і як термін
nit-picking вживається в контексті наступних новин.
Review: Archway's stage version of Fawlty Towers is simply spot-on
Okay, the set gets a bit stuck (in between scenes) and some of the lines don't quite get the laughs they deserve, but it feels like nit-picking to ... «Crawley Observer, Липень 15»
Sports Hotline: Rangers fans have their say on the first game of the …
You are nit-picking with this line of argument Sean. CALL THE HOTLINE FROM 11 TILL 12 noon on THURSDAY ON: 0141 309 3306 or email ... «Scottish Daily Record, Липень 15»
Audi A7 and S6 2015 Review
And given that aspect got on my nerves I started nit-picking a little. The DAB+ radio exhibited more blackspots from systems in other cars I've ... «Motoring, Липень 15»
Tame Impala's trippy 'Currents'
The nit-picking and tinkering that preceded this final installment of this holy trinity, however, reiterates what is widely understood as true: with ... «The Michigan Daily, Липень 15»
Mark Robins pleased with workout as Scunthorpe United hammer …
“There were a couple in the first half where we were a little bit untidy but I'm just nit-picking. Overall I was pleased. “At the end of the day, it's still ... «Scunthorpe Telegraph, Липень 15»
America at an Ominous Crossroads
But such sweeping theories of history leave an author open to nit-picking, as it did with the likes of Toynbee and Johnson, and will certainly do ... «American Spectator, Липень 15»
Bringing back the magic in metamaterials
This difficulty has led researchers to try numerous modifications of the metamaterial make-up, adding bulk, mode-by-mode nit-picking and ... «Chemie.de, Липень 15»
Colts position breakdown: How much better can Luck get?
Nit-picking Luck's blossoming career is like fine-tuning a Ferrari. Everything under the hood looks pristine. The numbers: He's thrown for more ... «Indianapolis Star, Липень 15»
The VP strikes back
... anything against the administration may find themselves getting charged or, worse, ordered closed after some nit-picking by their henchmen ... «Visayan Daily Star, Липень 15»
Importance of human factor in negotiations
... is spun for partisan advantage, to make leaders look smart, to label winners and losers, or to undermine progress by nit-picking the data. «Gulf Times, Липень 15»
