Egg Expressions or Sayings from Brownielocks




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Sayings, and Quotes

To have "egg on your face"

is a very old saying.
What does it mean? It means to be embarrassed because
you were caught doing or saying something in which you have no excuse or alibi to get your way out of it or blame it on someone else. In other words, Yup, you did it!

"To Lay An Egg" is

also an expression meaning to do something that had a result of either being a total embarrassment to you or did not turn out how you meant it to be for someone else.

"To put all your eggs in one basket"

means to rely totally on one person or situation as your security.

To be a "good egg" is

to be a nice person.

To have a big "goose egg" means

to have zero in your score or have a situation have absolutely no outcome.

To have a "nest egg" for retirement years means

to have some money in your savings or a 401K plan.

To "walk on egg shells" means

that you are having to deal with someone or a situation in a sensitive manner.

And in the old days to be an "egghead" mean

to be brainy or intellectual.
Today they just call that person a geek or nerd.

To want "egg in your beer" means

to feel that you are entitled to some special treatment or advantage.

To have "scrambled eggs for brains" means

to be a scatterbrain, can't think straight or organize.

.To be a "hardboiled egg" means

to be stubborn.

To be a "rotten egg" means

you are disliked by a group because of some bad action you have done (i.e. lying, cheating, stealing)

Egg Quotes

There aren't exactly (or is that egg-actly?) too many quotes about eggs. But here are some we found in a book of quotes.

"A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg."
Samuel Butler

"All the goodness of a good egg cannot make up for the badness of a bad one."
Charles A. Dana

"There is always a best way of doing everything if it be to boil an egg."
Ralph Emerson

""It is very hard to shave an egg."
George Herbers

"Omelettes are not made without breaking eggs."
Robespierre

"Put all your eggs in one basket, and ---watch the basket."
Mark Twain

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