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    jaws of death

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    n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)A situation of extreme danger or peril, where death is highly likely or imminent.
    The soldiers found themselves in the jaws of death during the ambush.

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    Jordan Peterson - Stop Hiding! You Are Stronger Than You Think

    08:43Jordan Peterson - Stop Hiding! You Are Stronger Than You Think
    • Let's let's look at a picture of an elevator Let's have you imagine Being in an elevator Let's go out to an elevator and let you watch the terrible jaws of death open because that's how you're responding to it symbolically Right and you're going to do that at it at the closest Proximity you can manage you find out you go do that it works You're nervous as hell especially and from an anticipatory perspective Shaking you go out you stop you watch it happen, and you actually calm down you do that ten times It no longer bothers you well what you've learned that you didn't die, but more importantly than that You've learned that you could withstand the threat of death That's what you've learned And then you move a little closer, and then you move a little closer And then you move a little closer and finally you're back in what's no longer the elevator from a symbolic perspective It's a tomb right it's it's it's a place of enclosure and isolation and you learn Hmm turns out I can withstand that and then you're met much more Together much more confident, and that's often one of the things that often happens in situations like that I've seen this multiple times is that if?

      Let's let's look at a picture of an elevator Let's have you imagine Being in an elevator Let's go out to an elevator and let you watch the terrible jaws of death open because that's how you're responding to it symbolically Right and you're going to do that at it at the closest Proximity you can manage you find out you go do that it works You're nervous as hell especially and from an anticipatory perspective Shaking you go out you stop you watch it happen, and you actually calm down you do that ten times It no longer bothers you well what you've learned that you didn't die, but more importantly than that You've learned that you could withstand the threat of death That's what you've learned And then you move a little closer, and then you move a little closer And then you move a little closer and finally you're back in what's no longer the elevator from a symbolic perspective It's a tomb right it's it's it's a place of enclosure and isolation and you learn Hmm turns out I can withstand that and then you're met much more Together much more confident, and that's often one of the things that often happens in situations like that I've seen this multiple times is that if?

    • "Okay, well, I'm afraid of elevators." "Okay, well, let's look at a picture of an elevator." "Let's have you imagine being in an elevator." "Let's go out to an elevator and let you watch the terrible jaws of death open..." because that's how you're responding to it, symbolically.

      "Okay, well, I'm afraid of elevators." "Okay, well, let's look at a picture of an elevator." "Let's have you imagine being in an elevator." "Let's go out to an elevator and let you watch the terrible jaws of death open..." because that's how you're responding to it, symbolically.

    B1

    Top 10 Unique Bands You HAVE to See Live Once

    10:49Top 10 Unique Bands You HAVE to See Live Once
    • Unfortunately, the untimely death of Guar founder and frontman Dave Brocky has resulted in some lineup changes over the years, although the likenesses of Beefcake the Mighty, Ballsack the Jaws of Death, and

      Unfortunately, the untimely death of Guar founder and frontman Dave Brocky has resulted in some lineup changes over the years, although the likenesses of Beefcake the Mighty, Ballsack the Jaws of Death, and

    • Unfortunately, the untimely death of Guar founder and frontman Dave Brockey has resulted in some lineup changes over the years, although the likenesses of Beefcake the Mighty, Ballsack the Jaws of Death, and

      Unfortunately, the untimely death of Guar founder and frontman Dave Brockey has resulted in some lineup changes over the years, although the likenesses of Beefcake the Mighty, Ballsack the Jaws of Death, and

    B2

    SAVING 10,000 - Winning a War on Suicide in Japan - 自殺者1万人を救う戦い - Japanese Documentary

    51:56SAVING 10,000 - Winning a War on Suicide in Japan - 自殺者1万人を救う戦い - Japanese Documentary
    • This is about trying to take back life from the jaws of death.

      This is about trying to take back life from the jaws of death.

    • From the jaws of death.

      From the jaws of death.

    B1