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#127 - Egg expressions


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🥚 A bad egg: someone who does bad things. He was dishonest, but he was the only bad egg in the group.
🥚 Walk on eggshells: be extremely cautious about one's words or actions.
"his air of tetchy perfectionism encouraged those around him to walk on eggshells"
🥚 Don’t put all your eggs in one basket 🧺
don't risk everything on the success of one venture.
"we need to be more tactical and not put all our eggs in one political basket"
🥚 You can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs
Sometimes, when we want to create or achieve something, we must sacrifice or destroy another thing to do it.
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