| 词汇 | egg phrases a dozen more ungraded |
| 词源 | egg phrases (a dozen more, ungraded). as alike as eggs—“We are almost as like as eggs”— Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale, 1611. break an egg in someone’s pocket—to spoil someone’s plan, 1734. crush in the egg—to crush at the very beginning, as in crushing rebellion, 1689. eggshell blond—a bald man—Australian slang, 1945. find a hair upon an egg—to make a picky criticism— “Critics that spend their eyes to find a hair upon an egg” (1606). have eggs on the spit—to have business in hand, 1598. in egg and bird—in youth and maturity, 1711. put all your eggs in one basket—to risk all on a single venture—“ ’Tis the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not venture all his eggs in one basket,” Cervantes, Don Quixote, 1605. “Put all your eggs in one basket and WATCH THAT BASKET,” Mark Twain, Pudd’nhead Wilson, 1894. take eggs for money—to be fooled with something worthless, 1611. teach one’s grandmother to suck eggs—to lecture one’s elders or betters—dates from about 1700 and was originally to teach one’s dame to grope (handle) ducks (1590). turn up the eggs of the eyes—the whites of the eyes— “The eggs of their eyes were at their highest elevation” (1635). walk on eggs—to walk warily, 1734. |
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