Adjective : a gun-shy bird dog. From Dictionary.com.
And I think it ` s got Romney a little bit gun-shy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 12, 2007] Reference
The way I look at it is the dems are simply gun-shy. From Wordnik.com. [Poll Shows Rise In Number Of Americans Who Want Dems To Be Tougher With Bush On Iraq] Reference
Funding is hard to come by and investors are gun-shy. From Wordnik.com. [Holly Hamann: The Benefits of Starting a Business During a Recession: One Colorado Story] Reference
Hachette became gun-shy about who they talked to next. From Wordnik.com. [George Names an Editor, Maxim Raids Details] Reference
FERGUSON: Well, I don ` t think they ` re being gun-shy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 3, 2008] Reference
The progressives among us became understandably gun-shy. From Wordnik.com. [HOWARD DEAN'S FUND-RAISING WOES] Reference
Still, he has become gun-shy about jumping into new stocks. From Wordnik.com. [Top Fund Manager Sees Decade Ruined] Reference
The first is, I'm gun-shy these days about narrative nonfiction. From Wordnik.com. ['Catfish': A Great Story Of Isolation And Connection] Reference
Corporations have become gun-shy about extravagant sponsorships. From Wordnik.com. [A Safety for Giants as Clock Ticks Down on Stadium] Reference
Andrew Speaker: I have to warn you, I'm a bit gun-shy right now. From Wordnik.com. [His Side of the Story] Reference
But the Clinton administration remained gun-shy to committing U.S. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
She first had to get her pony to stand She knew it was not gun-shy. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest Or, The Indian Girl Star of the Movies] Reference
Reebok may also be gun-shy after its 1992 "" Dan and Dave '' fiasco. From Wordnik.com. [Soles Of Gold] Reference
The U.S. Navy has, in fact, appeared a bit gun-shy over this problem. From Wordnik.com. [Hot Spots: Somalia] Reference
Only one of them, except Devant himself, gave the gun-shy dog a thought. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921] Reference
All but the most gun-shy investors need to look beyond this week's headlines. From Wordnik.com. [Avoiding The Bear: A Survival Guide] Reference
As a result, most people are a little gun-shy when it comes to popping a pill. From Wordnik.com. [Danielle Grilli: 5 Ways Stay Sane In the Face Of An Economic Nightmare] Reference
The media is gun-shy to ask athletes what they think about controversial topics. From Wordnik.com. [Dexter Rogers: Is Senate Bill 1070 a Racist Piece of Legislation? Should Athletes and Politicians Take a Stand?] Reference
Thanks to Mr. Gura's efforts, the NRA is no longer gun-shy about going to court. From Wordnik.com. [How a Young Lawyer Saved the Second Amendment] Reference
Late last year, "we stared into the abyss," and some traders may still be "gun-shy.". From Wordnik.com. [Morgan Stanley Pays for Caution] Reference
Casey may be a little gun-shy after this overly optimistic prediction from last year. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 30, 2006] Reference
COLLINS: I'm willing to bet people are a little gun-shy right now, though, certainly. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 17, 2007] Reference
"They're staying in the market, although they're still gun-shy about the financials.". From Wordnik.com. [J.P. Morgan Lifts Dow Industrials,] Reference
"We're all a bit gun-shy because we don't want to hire and then lay off," he explains. From Wordnik.com. [Entrepreneurs Mixed on Small-Business Bill] Reference
I wasn't really gun-shy, but I did feel it was important to really document the sources. From Wordnik.com. [David Leavitt Does the Math] Reference
But authorities are playing with fire if they remain gun-shy about criminal prosecutions. From Wordnik.com. [Richard (RJ) Eskow: A Banker Can't Get Arrested in This Town] Reference
One of their fiscal managers confided, “After that, the Clintons were gun-shy to caucuses.”. From Wordnik.com. [Hillaryland at War] Reference
DOBBS: Good lord, if you're only right 20 percent of the time, you've got a right to be gun-shy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 9, 2004] Reference
Meanwhile, financial-services companies are rolling out products designed to lure gun-shy advisers. From Wordnik.com. [Advisers Ditch 'Buy and Hold' For New Tactics] Reference
And, frankly, we are a little gun-shy, given how transparency was viewed by the previous administration. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 21, 2009] Reference
I think they're going to be all very gun-shy, because they don't want to be rejected in that endorsement. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 22, 2008] Reference
He ain't saddle-broke yet and he's gun-shy, but he'll get used to the report o 'that money o' yours in time. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Ace] Reference
The United Nations understandably got a little gun-shy in Iraq after the bombing of the U.N. compound there. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 10, 2006] Reference
But as Frederick Pleitgen reminds in gun-shy Germany, any foreign military deployment is a rather touchy subject. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 7, 2007] Reference
Some countries are gun-shy, hesitant to send peacekeepers into what the Pentagon now admits is a raging guerrilla war. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 18, 2003] Reference
After flops like "All the Pretty Horses," "Bad Girls" and "American Outlaws," it's no wonder studios are a little gun-shy. From Wordnik.com. [WESTERNS: RIDING INTO THE SUNSET] Reference
AMY WALTER, THE COOK POLITICAL REPORT: There are many gun-shy Democrats in this town who say, we are a great second quarter team. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 1, 2006] Reference
Vince is engaged, but just this morning on "Live with Regis and Kelly," Vince revealed that he was gun-shy about meeting his fiancee. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 8, 2009] Reference
"Darpa's pretty gun-shy now," added Lee Tien, with the Electronic Frontier Foundation , which has been critical of many agency efforts. From Wordnik.com. [Pentagon Kills LifeLog Project] Reference
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