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to give advice to someone about a subject that they already know more about than you

teach your grandmother to suck eggs

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to try so hard to improve something that you spoil it, for example by making it seem exaggerated or extreme

to overegg the pudding

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heart

Other team wins 20 points!

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star

Double points!

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fairy

Take points!

lifesaver

Give 5 points!

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Maybe the alcohol has scrambled his brains. What does it mean?

made it unable to think clearly

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used by children (or by adults with humor) as a way to urge others to join in a race

Last one In is a rotten egg!!!

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trap

No points!

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fairy

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rocket

Go to first place!

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banana

Go to last place!

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This can refer to a specific amount of money that’s been saved and kept aside.

a nest egg

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The egg is fried with the yolk up and is not flipped

sunny side up egg

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a flatterer

an egg-sucker

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a highly academic or studious person; an intellectual

an egghead

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said to mean that it is impossible to achieve something without there being bad or unpleasant side-effects

You cannot make an omlette without breaking eggs

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to encourage a person to do something silly.

to egg someone on

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a person who, although they seem to be good, turns out to be a very bad person; one who cannot be trusted.

a bad egg

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lifesaver

Give 10 points!

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fairy

Take points!

fairy

Take points!

banana

Go to last place!

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If someone tells you to__________, they are telling you in a rude way to go away.

go suck an egg

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The phrase is used to describe things that are determined by nature and the environment, or else inherited from the generation before.

a wild goose never laid a tame egg

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