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
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!!!
to be very careful and diplomatic when dealing with a very delicate situation
to walk on eggshells
If something ___________, it fails because people are not interested in it or do not want it.
lays an egg
to give advice to someone about a subject that they already know more about than you
teach your grandmother to suck eggs
a highly academic or studious person; an intellectual
an egghead
a flatterer
an egg-sucker
to try so hard to improve something that you spoil it, for example by making it seem exaggerated or extreme
to overegg the pudding
to encourage a person to do something silly.
to egg someone on
The egg is fried with the yolk up and is not flipped
sunny side up egg
to express the idea that something embarrassing has happened
to have egg on someone's face
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
In a competition or sporting event, a score of zero.
a goose egg
Maybe the alcohol has scrambled his brains. What does it mean?
made it unable to think clearly
Something that is sure to happen
Sure as eggs!
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
to put all your efforts or resources into one course of action with the result that you will have no alternatives left if this fails
put all your eggs in one basket
If you kill the goose that ______ you destroy something that has made you a lot of money
lays the golden eggs
This can be used to describe a situation where it’s impossible to know what came first.
a chicken and egg situation
If someone tells you to__________, they are telling you in a rude way to go away.
go suck an egg
This can refer to a specific amount of money that’s been saved and kept aside.
a nest egg
A bonus, something for nothing
egg in your beer